Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called th….

It is to beoted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it..

The praise of an ignorant man is only good-will, and you should receive his kindness as he is a good neighbor in society, and not as a good judge of ….

Pride destroys all symmetry and grace, and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small-pox..

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives..

Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character..

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts..

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life..

The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you..

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue..

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable..

It is a very melancholy reflection that men are usually so weak that it is absolutely necessary for them to know sorrow and pain to be in their right….

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but ….