"The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth."

"She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which she to the w…"

"The world's a wood, in which all lose their way, Though by a different path each goes astray."

"Methinks, I see the wanton houres flee, And as they passe, turne back and laugh at me."

"O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions — Time!"

"We might well call this short Mock-play of ours A Posie made of Weeds instead of Flowers; Yet such have been presente…"

"Our Poets make us laugh at Tragœdy, And with their Comoedies they make us cry."

"Why, Sir, when I have anything to invent, I never trouble my head about it, as other men do; but presently turn over …"

"All these threatening storms, which, like impregnate Clouds, hover o'er our heads, will (when they once are grasp'd b…"

"Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us."