She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.
I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason. . . affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
The fear is that talking back, that engaging at all, is to open the door for god-knows-what.
Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.
Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many - even more - things objectionable. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs.
Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.