It is of a temperate and uniform nature, and can no more exist in a heart, that is continually alive to minute circumstances, than in one that is dead to feeling.

You see, my dear, that, though I would guard you against the dangers of sensibility, I am not an advocate for apathy.

At your age I should have said THAT is a vice more hateful than all the errors of sensibility, and I say so still.

I call it a VICE, because it leads to positive evil; in this, however, it does no more than an ill-governed sensibility, which, by such a rule, might also be called a vice; but the evil of the former is of more general consequence.

I have exhausted myself,' said St.Aubert, feebly, 'and have wearied you, my Emily; but, on a subject so important to your future comfort, I am anxious to be perfectly understood.' Emily assured him, that his advice was most precious to her, and that she would never forget it, or cease from endeavouring to profit by it.
St.Aubert smiled affectionately and sorrowfully upon her.