Only a mother knows a mother's fondness.

one would suffer a great deal to be happy.

The one thing that reconciles me to the fact of being a woman is the reflection that it delivers me from the necessity of being married to one.

The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes.

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.