He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.

The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very rarely, approve the first hints of anger.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being alone. Blindness makes one totally dependent on others, and deprives us of every satisfaction that results from light.

I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.