Time, time will heal the wound.

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

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.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.