A Mighty Stream Of Tendency.

We Often Choose A Friend As We Do A Mistress - For No Particular Excellence In Themselves, But Merely From Some Circumstance That Flatters Our Self-love.

The Most Violent Friendships Soonest Wear Themselves Out.

One Of The Pleasantest Things In The World Is Going On A Journey; I Can Enjoy Society In A Room; But Out Of Doors, Nature Is Company Enough For Me. I Am Then Never Less Alone Than When Alone.

Spleen Can Subsist On Any Kind Of Food.

Learning Is Its Own Exceeding Great Reward.