You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

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

He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.

It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle.

I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.

Without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error and there may be misery. Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.