We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.

He endearing elegance of female friendship.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she had the address of appearing only to attend, but was continually doubling her chains upon her companions; which were so slender in themselves, and so silently fastened, that while the attention was engaged by other objects, they were not easily perceived. Each link grew tighter as it had been longer worn; and when by continual additions they became so heavy as to be felt, they were very frequently too strong to be broken.

Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast space of this mighty fabric; yet it comes far short of the real extent of our corporeal being.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.