A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure..

I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician..

As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out..

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy..

If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it..

Men seldom think deeply on subjects in which they have no choice of opinion: they are fearful of encountering obstacles to their faith--as in religio….

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation..

There 's nothing like being used to a thing..

Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities..

There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob a young fellow of his ….

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, bu….

We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future..

I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip..

There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense..

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion..