TOPER. Yesterday I carried to wait on a Relation of ours that has a Parrot, and whilst I was discoursing about some private Business, she converted t….

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd..

Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of..

And lash the vice and follies of the age..

Lying is a thriving Vocation..

A Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it..

Want is the mistress of invention.

I always lov'd Precaution, and took care to avoid Dangers. But when a thing was past, I ever had Philosophy to be easie..

Tis the defect of age to rail at the pleasures of youth..

Look-ye, 'tis my Opinion, ev'ry Man cheats in his Way. And he is only honest, who is not discover'd..

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking..

Friendship's a noble name, 'tis love refined..

my present Profession is Physick - Now, when my Pockets are full, I cure a Patient in three Days; when they are empty, I keep him three Months..

All policies allowed in war and love..