Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot which I do not wish to untie. Men are spoilt by frankness, I believe, yet I must tell you that I love you better than I supposed I did, when I promised to love you forever....I feel it thrilling through my frame, giving and promising pleasure.

Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.

I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained there, merely cunning selfishness.

True happiness must arise from well-regulated affections, and an affection includes a duty.

Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.

When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage.