The Coyest Maids Make The Fondest Wives.

For Tutors, Although They May Make Youth Learned, Do Not Always Make Them Virtuous.

Marry First, And Love Will Come After Is A Shocking Assertion; Since A Thousand Things May Happen To Make The State But Barely Tolerable, When It Is Entered Into With Mutual Affection.

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?

A Man Who Insults The Modesty Of A Woman, As Good As Tells Her That He Has Seen Something In Her Conduct That Warranted His Presumption.

It May Be Very Generous In One Person To Offer What It Would Be Ungenerous In Another To Accept.