I Believe No Gentleman Would Like To

I Am None Of Those Nonsensical Fools That Can Whine And Make Romantic Love--i Leave That To Younger Brothers. Let My Estate Speakfor Me.

I Know Not Whether It Would Be Too Bold An Assertion To Say That Candor Makes Capacity.... But In Order To Try The Truth Of Any Observation Relating To The Mind, The Easiest Method Is To Illustrate It By Outward Objects. If, For Instance, A Man Was To Sweat And Labor All The Days Of His Life To Fill A Chest Which Was Already Full, The Absurdity Of His Vain Endeavor Would Be Glaring. In The Same Manner, When The Human Mind Is Filled And Stuffed With Notions Brought Thither By Fallacious Inclinations, There Is No Room For Truth To Enter: Candor Being Banished, Passions Alone Bear The Sway.

I Fancied I Had Some Constancy Of Mind Because I Could Bear My Own Sufferings, But Found Through The Sufferings Of Others I Could Be Weakened Like A Child.

Agreeable Then To My Present Inclination, I Formed The Object Of My Own Worship, Which Was No Other Than My Own Understanding.

The Supposition That It Was Possible For Any Woman To Be So Mean-spirited As Not At Least To Wish To Tear Out Her Rival's Eyes Was Too Hard For The Digestion Of The Cry.