No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!