O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.

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

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.