“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must …” — Jane Austen

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.