Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

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.

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.