for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

Books--oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the same feelings." "I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least be no want of subject. We may compare our different opinions.

I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural of any other woman.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.