Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

After all, the true seeing is within.

autobiography at least saves a man or woman that the world is curious about from the publication of a string of mistakes called 'Memoirs.

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure

I think any hardship is better than pretending to do what one is paid for, and never really doing it.

We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one's life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.