If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure.

Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.

The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.

Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.