He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
