In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

Lady Middleton ... exerted herself to ask Mr. Palmer if there was any news in the paper. 'No, none at all,' he replied, and read on.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.