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

"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."

"I have just been reading a novel which I think is very pretty, but which I do not like at all."

"I am not at all disposed to be sentimental."