In Society One Needs A Flexible Virtue;

Debts Are Nowadays Like Children Begot With Pleasure, But Brought Forth In Pain.

If You Suppress Grief Too Much, It Can Well Redouble.

Some Of The Most Famous Books Are The Least Worth Reading. Their Fame Was Due To Their Having Done Something That Needed To Be Doing In Their Day. The Work Is Done And The Virtue Of The Book Has Expired.

To Create A Public Scandal Is What's Wicked; To Sin In Private Is Not A Sin.

Anyone May Be An Honorable Man, And Yet Write Verse Badly.