How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.

I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.

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.

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.