The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes.

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others retiring.

It is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps is so) without considering that nothing is beautiful that is misplaced.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

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

Tis the established custom [in Vienna] for every lady to have two husbands, one that bears the name, and another that performs the duties.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.