There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping oneโs anger.
Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.