If We Are Long Absent From Our

The Most Violent Friendships Soonest Wear Themselves Out.

Few Things Tend More To Alienate Friendship Than A Want Of Punctuality In Our Engagements. I Have Known The Breach Of A Promise To Dine Or Sup To Break Up More Than One Intimacy.

Though Familiarity May Not Breed Contempt, It Takes Off The Edge Of Admiration.

Natural Affection Is A Prejudice; For Though We Have Cause To Love Our Nearest Connections Better Than Others, We Have No Reason To Think Them Better Than Others.

It Is Hard For Any One To Be An Honest Politician Who Is Not Born And Bred A Dissenter.