The world has little to bestow Where two fond hearts in equal love are joined.

if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.

It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.

many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken.

The well taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives; Casts round the world an equal eye, And feels for all that lives.

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

Nobody ought to be too old to improve: I should be sorry if I was; and I flatter myself I have already improved considerably by my travels. First, I can swallow gruel soup, egg soup, and all manner of soups, without making faces much. Secondly, I can pretty well live without tea.