Necessity, mother of invention.
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.
Women serve but to keep a man from better company.
Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable.
Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion.
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.