"I have a great mind to marry."

"Compliments are the most dangerous things in the world."

"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 …"

"Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked."

"I am not at all in a humour for writing, I am growing idle and want some help. I have not written a word for a fortnight, and I really think I shall give it up altogether."