They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

Let us have the luxury of silence.