One Is Always More Vexed

Taste Is Nothing But An Enlarged Capacity For Receiving Pleasure From Works Of Imagination.

An Accomplished Coquette Excites The Passions Of Others, In Proportion As She Feels None Herself.

We Are The Creatures Of Imagination, Passion, And Self-will, More Than Of Reason Or Even Of Self-interest. Even In The Common Transactions And Daily Intercourse Of Life, We Are Governed By Whim, Caprice, Prejudice, Or Accident. The Falling Of A Teacup Puts Us Out Of Temper For The Day; And A Quarrel That Commenced About The Pattern Of A Gown May End Only With Our Lives.

Anyone Must Be Mainly Ignorant Or Thoughtless, Who Is Surprised At Everything He Sees; Or Wonderfully Conceited Who Expects Everything To Conform To His Standard Of Propriety.

There Is Nothing More To Be Esteemed Than A Manly Firmness And Decision Of Character.