Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.
The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress.
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.