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A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and...  
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be writt...  
Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehension...  
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to...  
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho other...  
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings adv...  
Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, a...  
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to othe...  
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish mis...  
This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein...  
To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love ...  
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and...  
You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your ...  
You never know yourself till you know more than your body.  
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awa...