I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile.

Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness?

... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

sight-seeing gratifies us in different ways. First, there is the pleasure of novelty; secondly, either that of admiration or fault-finding - the latter a very animated enjoyment.

How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!

Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.