"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"I am tired of great men and great women, who are always good, and always doing good, and always saying good things."

"I have been listening to some very dull music, and have just been relieved by the entrance of a fat lady."

"I wish, with all my heart, that I was well settled at home, and I do not care how soon I am; but I have no hope of it."

"She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its …"