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.

These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.

Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been inform'd, by magic numbers and persuasive sound.

Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days.

Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.

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