"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

"My style is too light and unpretending to suit the pen of a great author."

"I have been so much engaged on other things that I have not been able to do any thing to my novel for a long time."

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

"I am very much pleased with my own performance, and I think I have done very well."