"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories."

"Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find"

"When my young master's worship comes to town, From pedagogue and mother just fit free, The heir and hopes of a great …"

"Were I, who to my Cost already am One of those strange, prodigious Creatures Man, A Spirit free, to choose for my own…"

"Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind, Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind."

"Whilst the misguided Follower climbs with Pain, Mountains of Whimsies, heapt in his own Brain, Stumbling from Thought…"

"Then Old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a Search so painful, an…"

"For Wits are treated just like Common Whores; First they're enjoy'd, and then kickt out of Doors."

"For all Men would be Cowards if they durst: And Honesty's against all common Sense."

"Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wi…"