8 Brother Protestants. The two noblest things, which are sweetness and light. Battle of the Books. The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. Thoughts on Various Subjects.
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas. If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. Letter to Miss Vanbromrigh, Aug. 12, 1720. Not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole. Letter to Bolingbroke, March 21, 1729.