"Wealth and titles, which were sure to be heaped on the hero or heroine of the tale at last, she considered as the ult…"

"... she had on a blue bonnet, and with a pair of lovely eyes of the same color, has contrived to make me feel devilis…"

"The mind of youth eagerly catches at promised pleasure: pure and innocent by nature, it thinks not of the dangers lur…"

"Oh my dear girls, for to such only am I writing, listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal appro…"

"Of all the pleasures of which the human mind is sensible, there is none equal to that which warms and expands the bos…"

"Pleasure is a vain illusion; she draws you on to a thousand follies, errors, and I may say vices, and then leaves you…"

"The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one's Self; and from my so…"

"... my boys, with only moderate incomes, when placed in the church, at the bar, or in the field, may exert their tale…"

"... the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow creatures."

"For all practical purposes, wheat is civilization. It produces what we euphemistically call the staff of life, a staf…"