“Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.”

“With faint praises one another damn.”

“Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”

“Take a glass of wine while reading, your feet on the back of your slave. This is the best combination of pleasures that is.”