there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.

A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.

Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.

I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.