There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that could never receive kindness without hoping to return it. I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion.

She is loveliness itself.

You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

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.