The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
There is perfect love in heaven!
It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.
And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.