Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.