Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was not part of her disposition.
One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.