There's Nothing Like Active Employment, I Suppose,

If The Generous Ideas Of Youth Are Too Often Over- Clouded By The Sordid Views Of After-life, That Scarcely Proves Them To Be False

I Love The Silent Hour Of Night, For Blissful Dreams May Then Arise, Revealing To My Charmed Sight What May Not Bless My Waking Eyes.

I’ll Promise To Think Twice Before I Take Any Important Step You Seriously Disapprove Of.

Because The Road Is Rough And Long, Should We Despise The Skylark's Song?

[preface To Second Edition:] ... I Am Satisfied That If A Book Is A Good One, It Is So Whatever The Sex Of The Author May Be.