“Went to bed last night full of penitence and contrition and promising you any number of times that I would never do so again.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Penitence, Contrition
“The day, yesterday, was fine spring weather. The atmosphere tolerably clear. I rode outside to enjoy the beauty of the scenery.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Springtime, Clear Skies, scenery
“Men are fit to educate nothing but horses and dogs.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Men, Fitness, Education, horses, Dogs
“How easily one receives advice when it concurs with one's wishes!”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Advice
“Before I had been half an hour home the toothache returned with all its violence. I resolved to have it out early in the morning; but how to get through the night was the first question. The application of pepper and brandy occurred to me. I applied it, and was relieved in ten minutes; but still the…”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Toothache, Violence, Pepper and Brandy, Opium, Headache
“It is vain to desire them to knock; they do not comprehend you and if they do, pay no manner of attention to it. It took me six weeks to teach my old Anna not to come in without knocking and leave and finally it was only by appearing to get into a most violent passion and threatening to blow out her…”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Blow Out Your Brains, Knocking, violent, Passion
“For the last forty or fifty miles we had on board a strange, vulgar-looking fellow, who had been all over the world; spoke Latin, French, and Spanish; and in the course of three hours told me more than a hundred lies; probably some itinerant Irish schoolmaster.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: strange, Vulgar, Anti-Irish, latin, french
“There must be something narcotic in the air of this island. I have slept more during my six months' residence in Great Britain than in any preceding three years of my life since the age of 14.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Great Britain, Narcotic, Air
“A bed with very dirty sheets, to which I objected ; but the maid assured me, upon her honour, that they were very clean, and that she put them on herself. So I am bound to think them clean ; but shall, nevertheless, not undress.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Dirty Sheets
“I found her dressed superbly and with much taste. We played chess. I won. She played me some airs quite prettily on the harp.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Dating, Harp, Chess
“Miss Mallet. The most rational being I have seen. Staid a whole hour, and greatly pleased with her. Good breeding and social talents in a degree very rare. Why don't I go there oftener? Because I do nothing that I wish or intend.”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Rational, Good Breeding, Dating
“As I was writing the concluding line of the preceding page last evening (about I o'clock) an ill-looking fellow opened my door without knocking, and muttering in German something which I did not comprehend, bid me put out my candle. Being in no very placid humor at the moment, as you see, I cursed h…”— Aaron Burr, archive.orgTagged: Knives, German, french, english