To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

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

If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart