I have discovered that our great favourite, Miss Austen, is my countrywoman...with whom mamma before her marriage was acquainted. Mamma says that she was then the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembers...
Mary Russell MitfordThe slightest emotion of disinterested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes that mind, producing generous thought and noble feeling, as the sun and rain foster your favourite flowers. Cherish kind wishes, my children; for a time may come when you may be enabled to put them in practice.
Mary Russell MitfordNo fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.
Mary Russell MitfordI have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.
Mary Russell Mitford