Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause.

The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex.

Platonic love is platonic nonsense.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.

Over-niceness may be under-niceness.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.