Concealment is the foe of tranquility.

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

I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling

Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

You must not sneeze. If you have a vehement cold you must take no notice of it; if your nose membranes feel a great irritation you must hold your breath; if a sneeze still insists upon making its way you must oppose it keeping your teeth grinding together; if the violence of the pulse breaks some blood-vessel you must break the blood-vessel -- but not sneeze.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I'd rather be done any thing to than laughed at, for, to my mind, it's one or other the disagreeablest thing in the world.