Tis best to build no castles in the air.
to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
Credulity is the sister of innocence.
Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.
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.
Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.