Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.

The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress.

A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!