As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted ’em.

Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, ’tis woman that will govern it.

Friendship’s said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.

We gentlemen, whose chariot’s roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more’s a task too hard for mortals.

Love’s like virtue, its own reward.

Virtue is its own reward. There’s a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.