"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."

"The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."

"Eloquence, as well as the other fine arts, must be cultivated with care."

"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, r…"

"Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping."