it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

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.

How hard it is in some cases to be believed!' 'And how impossible in others!

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

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.

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

I have no talent for certainty.