You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who would make you so.

“she cannot expect to excel if she does not practice a good deal.”

“Persuasion is not at command; but pardon me, if I cannot even endeavour to pers…”

“..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself”

“if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first c…”