Their very susceptibility to the most light and casual impressions, is, of itself, calculated to render vacillating their estimate of things and characters.

They are creatures of such delicate construction, and their affections are of such like character, that, like all fine machinery they are perpetually operated on by the atmosphere, the winds, the dew, and the night.

The frost blights and the sun blisters; and a kind or stern accent elevates or depresses, where, with us, it might pass unheeded or unheard.
"We are more cunning--more shy and cautious; and seldom, after a certain age, let our affections out of our own custody.

We learn very soon in life--indeed, we are compelled to learn, in our own defence, at a very early period--to go into the world as if we were going into battle.

We send out spies, keep sentinels on duty, man our defences, carry arms in our bosoms, which we cover with a buckler, though, with the policy of a court, we conceal that in turn with a silken and embroidered vestment.
We watch every erring thought--we learn to be equivocal of speech; and our very hearts, as the Indians phrase it, are taught to speak their desires with a double tongue.