I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.

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

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

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

My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Till this moment, I never knew myself.

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.