“A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.”

“Mine is a misery which nothing can do away.”

“Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world.”

“But," said I, "to be quite honest, I do not think I can live without something of a musical society. I condition for nothing else, but without music, life would be a blank to me.”

“Nothing can be changed by changing the face,but everything can be changed by facing the change!!Just think about it.  ”

“Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.”

“These are the sights, Harriet, to do one good. How trifling they make every thing else appear!---I feel now as if I could think of nothing but these poor creatures all the rest of the day; and yet, who can say how soon it may all vanish from my mind?”