Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.

The Nature of Familiar Letters, written, as it were, to the Moment, while the Heart is agitated by Hopes and Fears, on Events undecided, must plead an Excuse for the Bulk of a Collection of this Kind. Mere Facts and Characters might be comprised in a much smaller Compass: But, would they be equally interesting?

The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.

Tired of myself longing for what I have not

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.