Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
A small unkindness is a great offence.
Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.
Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains.
parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.
Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.