Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
Pleasure is by much the most laborious trade I know, especially for those who have not a vocation to it.
A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed.
He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.
Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.
Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!