I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.

people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a clearer of ill-fame.