The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

Love and enthusiasm are always ridiculous, when not reciprocated by their objects.

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.