Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the rising sun

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them

Dame Edith Evans

If there is anything disagreeable going on men are always sure to get out of it

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of

A lady's imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment