Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber.

How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.

she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.

There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.