Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.
The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.
They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.
If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.
Dandyism is a species of genius.