 It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. |
| A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. |
| The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are. |
| There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. |
| When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. |
| Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it. |
| Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. |
| A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. |
| One fool at least in every married couple. |
| The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts. |
| Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. |
| All nature wears one universal grin. |
| Read in order to live. |
| There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. |
| Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. |
| Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. |
| Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy. |
| The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. |
| Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. |
| If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil. |
