Mar 12, 1672 - Sep 1, 1729
Irish writer, journalist, politician
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The marriage state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.
The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
The insupportable labor of doing nothing.
