Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice.

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.

Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.