Novelist

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.

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!

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.