All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
But, God knows best, I concluded.
Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?