“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

Time will explain.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts