All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.
Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.
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!