How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false
I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself?