A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering?

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention.

I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet