Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
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