Childhood Is Never Troubled With Foresight.

Unused To The Situations In Which I Find Myself, And Embarassed By The Slightest Difficulties, I Seldom Discover, Till Too Late, How I Ought To Act.

You Have Sensible Women Here [in England] But Then, They Are Very Devils--censorious, Uncharitable, Sarcastic--the Women In Scotland Have Twice--thrice Their Freedom, With All Their Virtue--and Are Very Conversable And Agreeable--their Educations Are More Finished.

I Looked About For Some Of My Acquaintance, But In Vain, For I Saw Not One Person That I Knew, Which Is Very Odd, For All The World Seemed There.

Childhood Is Never Troubled With Foresight.

... There's Nothing But Quarreling With The Women; It's My Belief They Like It Better Than Victuals And Drink.