"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 …"

"I am tired of great men and great women, who are always good, and always doing good, and always saying good things."

"I am quite determined to be very impertinent."

"Oh! do not attack me with your fine words. I will not be talked out of my senses."

"I often wonder how you can have the patience to write so much."