I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts

You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

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

We are all fools in love.

A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.