Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the contrary, it is the mark of an amiable and a beneficent temper, to say all the kind things one can, without flattery or playing the hypocrite,--and what never fails of procuring the love and esteem of every one; which, next to doing good to a deserving object who wants it, is one of the greatest pleasures of this life.

By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.