to be sure, marriage is all in all with the ladies; but with us gentlemen it's quite another thing!

When young people are too rigidly sequestered from [the world], their lively and romantic imaginations paint it to them as a paradise of which they have been beguiled; but when they are shown it properly, and in due time, they see it such as it really is, equally shared by pain and pleasure, hope and disappointment.

Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.

Childhood is never troubled with foresight.

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

such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.

the right line of conduct is the same for both sexes, though the manner in which it is pursued, may somewhat vary, and be accommodated to the strength or weakness of the different travelers.