It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

We neither of us perform to strangers.

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.