Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate.

It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Every body allows that the talent of writing is particularly female. Nature might have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal.

Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves.

The world may know my words, but it has no such privileges with my heart