With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

I should not mind anything at all.

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.