Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office.

I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. I will come within a pint of wine.

So little in his purse, so much upon his back.

In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at h…

A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is t…