People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

Air and manners are more expressive than words.