“Men never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.”

“The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.”

“Till it does come, you know, we women never mean to have anybody. It is a thing of course among us, that every man is refused, till he offers.”

“It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.And men take care that they should.”

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

“I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention.”

“I dearly love a laugh... I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.”