I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
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What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!
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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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An English man does not travel to see English men.
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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
