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Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Oh! dear; I was so miserable! I am sure I must have been as white as my gown.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

A woman should never be trusted with money.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.