Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
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.
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die.