Good Men Must Be Affectionate Men.

The Nature Of Familiar Letters, Written, As It Were, To The Moment, While The Heart Is Agitated By Hopes And Fears, On Events Undecided, Must Plead An Excuse For The Bulk Of A Collection Of This Kind. Mere Facts And Characters Might Be Comprised In A Much Smaller Compass: But, Would They Be Equally Interesting?

Every One, More Or Less, Loves Power, Yet Those Who Most Wish For It Are Seldom The Fittest To Be Trusted With It.

She Who Is More Ashamed Of Dishonesty Than Of Poverty Will Not Be Easily Overcome.

Whom We Fear More Than Love, We Are Not Far From Hating.

That Dangerous But Too Commonly Received Notion, That A Reformed Rake Makes The Best Husband.