Tired of myself longing for what I have not

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

Vast is the field of Science... the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!