A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.

her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.