The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
Without music, life would be a blank to me.
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.
Sense will always have attractions for me.
It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.