Well of all things in the world, I don't suppose anything can be so dreadful as a public wedding--my stars!--I should never be able to support it!

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.

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!

Imagination took the reins, and reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.