Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.

All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.