Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.

The schoolboy counts the time till the return of the holidays; the minor longs to be of age; the lover is impatient till he is married.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections.

Encourage innocent amusement.

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.