A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.

Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.