Childhood is never troubled with foresight.

Childhood is never troubled with foresight.

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

don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.

Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.

... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.