I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

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

I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.

Forgive what you can't excuse.