It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors.
There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.
Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.