What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.