“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.