Things We Wish To Be True Are

To What A Bad Choice Is Many A Worthy Woman Betrayed, By That False And Inconsiderate Notion, That A Reformed Rake Makes The Best Husband!

Though A Censure Lies Against Those Who Are Poor And Proud, Yet Is Pride Sooner To Be Forgiven In A Poor Person Than In A Rich One; Since In The Latter It Is Insult And Arrogance; In The Former, It May Be A Defense Against Temptations To Dishonesty; And, If Manifested On Proper Occasions, May Indicate A Natural Bravery Of Mind, Which The Frowns Of Fortune Cannot Depress.

Those Who Can Least Bear A Jest Upon Themselves, Will Be Most Diverted With One Passed On Others.

Love Will Draw An Elephant Through A Key-hole.

Reverence To A Woman In Courtship Is Less To Be Dispensed With, As, Generally, There Is But Little Of It Shown Afterwards.