Date: 1759

"The way to be happy is to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written on it by precept, but engraven by destiny, not instilled by education, but infused at our nativity."

— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

Date: 1759

"From their children, if they have less to fear, they have less also to hope, and they lose, without equivalent the joys of early love and the convenience of uniting with manners pliant, and minds susceptible of new impressions, which might wear away their dissimilitudes by long cohabitation, as ...

— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

Date: 1819

"'In dreams the chosen of my heart I view'd, / 'And thus th' impression day by day renew'd"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1819

"'Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake / 'Fly off at once, and no impression make; / 'Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain / 'Make such impression that they come again"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1838

"These easy minds, where all impressions made / At first sink deeply, and then quickly fade"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1838

"And they observed that words severe or kind / Made no impression on his wounded mind"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1838

"His books, his walks, his musing, morn and eve, / Gave such impressions as such minds receive"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1838

"Survey these features--see if nothing there / May old impressions on your mind repair!"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1838

"The Captain's heart, although unused to melt, / A strong impression from persuasion felt;"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)