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.

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.

You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.

How many thousands ... earnestly seeking what they do not want, while they neglect the real blessings in their possession -- I mean the innocent gratification of their senses, which is all we can properly call our own.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.