Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.

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

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

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

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.