A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.
Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.
You must learn not only to judge but to act for yourself.
Credulity is the sister of innocence.
I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling
To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! since to Nobody can I be wholly unreserved, to Nobody can I reveal every thought, every wish of my heart, with the most unlimited confidence, the most unremitting sincerity, to the end of my life!