I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.

She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.