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.

I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

I would much rather have been merry than wise.