... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.