The Muses Crown Virtue When Fortune Refuses

It Is Very Unreasonable Of People To Expect One Should Be At Home, Because One Is In The House. Of All Privileges, That Of Invisibility Is The Most Valuable.

The Outrages Of The Powerful, The Insolence Of The Rich, Scorn Of The Proud, And Malice Of The Uncharitable, All Beating Against The Broken Spirit Of The Unfortunate.

Any Wife Will Save You From Purgatory, And A Diligent One Will Secure Heaven To You.

I Endeavor To Be Wise When I Cannot Be Merry, Easy When I Cannot Be Glad, Content With What Cannot Be Mended, And Patient When There Be No Redress.

She Kindly Laments That I Am Not Of The Party, And To Be Sure I Honour Great Ladies, And I Admire Great Wits, But I Am Of The Same Opinion In Regard To Assemblies That Is Held Concerning Oysters, That They Are Never Good In A Month That Has Not The Letter R In It.