It is true there is nothing displays a genius, I mean a quickness of genius, more than a dispute; as two diamonds, encountering, contribute to each other's luster. But perhaps the odds is much against the man of taste in this particular.

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.

The making presents to a lady one addresses is like throwing armor into an enemy's camp, with a resolution to recover it.

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.

May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.