"I have been so much amused by the present style of female dress, that I am determined to have some of the most ridiculous of my own."

"My style is too light and unpretending to suit the pen of a great author."

"I am not at all disposed to think myself a very elegant writer."

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

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."