Will is not one of those who go out and return with nothing to tell.

There is no kind of idleness, by which we are so easily seduced, as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business.

I am the unfortunate wife of a city wit, and cannot but think that my case may deserve compassion .

My lady has an odd humour. She never orders any thing in direct words, for she loves a sharp girl that can take a hint.

That the painters find no encouragement among the English for many other works than portraits, has been imputed to national selfishness.

Memory is, among the faculties of the human mind, that of which we make the most frequent use

Let who purposes his own happiness,reflect, that while he forms his purpose the day rolls on, and the night cometh when no man can work.

There is a cause of misery, which, though certainly known both to you and your predecessors, has been little taken notice of in your papers.

Misfortune, indeed, he may yet feel; for where is the bottom of the misery of man?

The true pathos of advertisements must have sunk deep into the heart of every man.