Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; / In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet.

We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor is any pleasure so lasting.