Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.
I ask no risen dust to teach me immortality; I am conscious of eternal life.
Marriages are best made of dissimilar material.
The heresy of one age is the orthodox belief and "only infallible rule" of the nest.
Love is the piety of the affections.
Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive.