General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Friendship is really the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire... Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

She had been a friend and companion such as few possessed: intelligent, well-informed, useful, gentle, knowing all the ways of the family, interested in all its concerns, and peculiarly interested in herself, in every pleasure, every scheme of hers--one to whom she could speak every thought as it arose, and who had such an affection for her as could never find fault.