"I am not at all a good hand at a letter, and am always in a hurry when I write."

"My idea of good company…is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

"Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!"

"I wish, as well as every body else, to be perfectly happy; but, like every body else, it must be in my own way."

"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."