I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean, When both the teacher and the taught are young, As was the case, at least, where I have been; They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong They smile still more.

Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through The growing waters; it unmans one quite, Especially when life is rather new.