But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.
Dorothy OsborneTo marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards.
Dorothy OsborneTis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman I knew, who would never say 'the weather grew cold,' but that 'winter begins to salute us.' I have no patience for such coxcombs.
Dorothy OsborneAll letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied, as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a charm.
Dorothy OsborneWhat an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.
Dorothy Osborne