"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."
"And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading."
"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."
"Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly."
"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."