"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

"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 …"

"Laugh at me as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion."

"I am not at all a good hand at a letter, and am always in a hurry when I write."

"I have been so much entertained with this letter, that I have read it over and over again."