I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.

If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.

He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.

The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.

I'll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!

She bounded before me, and returned to my side, and was off again like a young greyhound; and, at first, I found plenty of entertaiment in listening to the larks singing far and near; and enjoying the sweet, warm sunshine; and watching her, my pet, and my delight, with her golden ringlets flying loose behind, and her bright cheek, as soft and pure in its bloom, as a wild rose, and her eyes radiant with cloudless pleasure. She was a happy creautre, and an angel in those those days. It is a pity she could not stay content.