Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.

She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

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!

For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.

The Spring is generally fertile in new acquaintances.

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.