His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.