The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.

Life is too short for a long story

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.

You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small Pox so fatal and so general amongst us is here entirely harmless by the invention of engrafting (which is the term they give it). There is a set of old Women who make it their business to perform the Operation.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.