No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts... and the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a sh...illing, it is ... the labour of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What a vast traffic is drove, what a variety of labour is performed in the world to the maintenance of thousands of families that ...altogether depend on two silly if not odious customs; the taking of snuff and smoking of tobacco; both of which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring 'em all up... to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascrib...e that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shews it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom... an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigour as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would... be sufficient to preserve the honour of our wives and daughters?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear... injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavour to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and w...rapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »