A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow.

Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some

An annuity is a very serious business.

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

The less said the better.

She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.