I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation.

The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.