'I am afraid,' replied Elinor, 'that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.'

Single Women have a dreadful propensity for being poor-which is one very strong argument in favour of Matrimony...

People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.

Peu de bipedes depuis Adam ont merite le nom d'homme.

Hearken with your ears to these best counsels, Reflect upon them with illumined judgment. Let each one choose his creed with that freedom of choice each must h…

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still. In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot I do not dare to draw a line B…