I am not apt to suspect without just cause, but in earnest if I once find anybody faulty towards me, they lose me for ever; I have forsworn being twi… - Dorothy Osborne

I shall never be persuaded that marriage has a charm to raise love out of nothing, much less out of dislike.

I had rather agree to what you say than tell you that Dr Taylor (whose devote you must know I am) says there is a great advantage to be gained in resigning up one’s will to the command of another, because the same action which in itself is wholly indifferent if done upon our own choice, becomes an act of duty and religion if done in obedience to the command of any person whom nature, the laws, or our selves have given a power over us.

[A] real kindness is so far beyond all compliment, that it never appears more than when there is least of t'other mingled with it.