"I have been at great pains to avoid the sort of female who is always in love with a man, and always talking of him, and always wishing to marry him."

"My dearest Cassandra, I have just received your letter, and am sorry to find that you have so little to say for yourself."

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."

"I cannot say much for this monarch's sense."