A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.
