“Let us have the luxury of silence.”

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”

“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”

“Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.”

“Beware of the insipid vanities and idle dissipations of the metropolis of England; Beware of the unmeaning luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish of Southampton.""Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to? What probability is there of my ever tasting the dissipations of London, the luxuries of Bath, or the stinking fish of Southamption?...”

“From politics, it was an easy step to silence”

“…each found her greatest safety in silence…”