But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. - Jane Austen

You will have a great deal of unreserved discourse with Mrs. K., I dare say, upon this subject, as well as upon many other of our family matters. Abuse everybody but me.

We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.

The Webbs are really gone! When I saw the waggons at the door, and thought of all the trouble they must have in moving, I began to reproach myself for not having liked them better, but since the waggons have disappeared my conscience has been closed again, and I am excessively glad they are gone.