A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.

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.

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit.

In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are made--a child of 10 years old, will chat and keep you company, while her parents are busy or out etc.--with the ease of a woman of 26. But then, how does this education go on?--Not at all: it absolutely stops short.

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

While all the pomp and circumstance of war animated others, it only saddened me; and all of past reflection, all of future dread, made the whole grandeur of the martial scene, and all the delusive seduction of martial music, fill my eyes frequently with tears.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.