It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.

I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.