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.

Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself with more agreeable lies; I no longer read anything but novels.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

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

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.

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

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.