It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.