Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.

According to the Asiatics, Cupid's bow is strung with bees which are apt to sting, sometimes fatally, those who meddle with it.

how impossible it is not to laugh in some company, or to laugh in others.

Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!

How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?