But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.

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

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

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!