"I have just been reading a very clever book, which I think is very witty."

"I have just finished the first volume of 'Mansfield Park,' and am very much pleased with it. I think it is a very clever book."

"I am in a humour to abuse everybody and everything."

"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!"

"I am quite convinced that I shall never be married."