"I have just been informed that I am to be an aunt."

"It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire."

"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 …"

"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!"

"She did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."