Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

You have delighted us long enough.

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in deep affliction, as the most graceful set of limbs in the world. But, fair or not fair, there are unbecoming conjunctions, which reason will pa tronize in vain,--which taste cannot tolerate,--which ridicule will seize.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.