"But what is Woman?—only one of Nature's agreeable blunders."

"Secrets are pleasant to each child of Eve."

"His ardent looks—his sighs—his consusion—his respectful attentions, have a thousand times profess'd the strongest pas…"

"Love has forc'd Heroes to forget their valour, and Philosophers their systems—no wonder he shou'd make a Woman forget…"

"Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!"

"Vanity, like murder, will out."

"Every body about me seem'd happy—but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else."

"It requires genius to make a good pun—some men of bright parts can't reach it."

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."