Society than solitude is worse, And man to man is still the greatest curse.

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.

Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky.

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

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

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend.