That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.
Without music, life would be a blank to me.
If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.