The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
Judgment is forced upon us by experience
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.
It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.
A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.