As nice as we are in love, we forgive more faults in that than in friendship.
Henry Home, Lord KamesSuch is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.
Henry Home, Lord KamesDeath, whether it regards ourselves or others, appears less terrible in war than at home. The cries of women and children, friends in anguish, a dark room, dim tapers, priests and physicians, are what affect us the most on the death-bed. Behold us already more than half dead and buried.
Henry Home, Lord Kames