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.

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

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced.

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

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.