“Paying visits to ones own relatives prolongs the life of a person and prevents poverty and indigence.”

“A sin that accelerates death and annihilation of man is breaking off paying visits to one's own relatives.”

“Anybody who would like to have a long life and make his subsistence expanded, should pay visits to his own relatives.”

“When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.”

“Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.”

“What have the Aldermen, the Common-Council, or indeed all People of any Substance to do with the War, but to pay Taxes? The Hardships and Fatigues of War that are personally suffer'd, fall upon them that bear the Brunt of every Thing, the meanest Indigent Part of the Nation, the working slaving People.”

“Writing is like paying myself a formal visit…”

“At La Scala it is customary to take no more than twenty minutes for those little visits one pays to boxes.”

“5214. To pay one in ones own Coin.”

“Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person."

"I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition." Sarissa said.

"It is today.”