... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

an old woman ... is a person who has no sense of decency; if once she takes to living, the devil himself can't get rid of her.

To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!

don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.