…but her Letters were always unsatisfactory, and though she did not openly avow her feelings, yet every line proved her to be Unhappy.

“Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her; and the happ…”

“Every thing was to take its natural course, however, neither impelled nor assis…”

“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. …”

“[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”