"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

"I have not the least intention of marrying at present, nor have I ever had. I am much too happy as I am."

"I am tired of everybody, and everything."

"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 do not want to be a man. I wish to be a woman, and to be as agreeable as a woman can be."