The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

Platonic love is platonic nonsense.

Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?

I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.

Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.