The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as she sat at the instrument, she was extremely glad to be employed, and desired nothing in return but to be unobserved.

A very narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and sour the temper. Those who can barely live, and who live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior, society, may well be illiberal and cross.

I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

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