How many thousands ... earnestly seeking what they do not want, while they neglect the real blessings in their possession -- I mean the innocent gratification of their senses, which is all we can properly call our own.
Life is too short for a long story
It's all been very interesting.
It has all been most interesting.
In short I will part with anything for you but you.
Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.