Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.

The richest princes and the poorest beggars are to have one great and just judge at the last day who will not distinguish betweenthem according to their ranks when in life but according to the neglected opportunities afforded to each. How much greater then, as the opportunities were greater, must be the condemnation of the one than of the other?

Women are sometimes drawn in to believe against probability by the unwillingness they have to doubt their own merit.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.