What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.

And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.

a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

The truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.