The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.
Tired of myself longing for what I have not.
Be sure don’t let people’s telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.
Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.
Men are less forgiving than women.
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.
Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.
I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.
Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Good men must be affectionate men.
What honest man would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
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!