The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.

She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must be either indifferent or unwilling. Has he wished ever to see her again, he need not have waited till this time; he would have done what she could not but believe that in his place she should have done long ago, when events had been early giving him the indepencence which alone had been wanting.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Too many cooks spoil the broth

She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.