I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.

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

Obstinate, headstrong girl!

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.

I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.