There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!

I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.

O ay, letters - I had letters - I am persecuted with letters - I hate letters - nobody knows how to write letters; and yet one has 'em, one does not know why - they serve one to pin up one's hair.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.

Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.