"You see Georgy’s the beauty and Carry’s the wit, and I ought to be the good one, but then I am such a liar."

"I am what Doctor Johnson would call a "compendious epitome" of all the virtues—in one volume very neatly bound, and v…"

"I am persuaded one ought not to set one's heart earnestly on any one pursuit in this world, if one wishes to preserve…"

"I think the Old Bailey is a charming place. We were introduced to a live Lord Mayor, and I sat between two sheriffs. …"

"Rumor has reached me that my private and confidential communications to you have been publicly bandied about, after a…"

"What a spirit of contradiction possesses one's kind friends! I, who have never done anything, am supposed to be capab…"

"Do, Car, open your eyes (and shut your mouth) and see that this is not our old world when we were all young, handsome…"

"That last day at Clandeboye was full of sweet and bitter thoughts to me. I walked round the lake, and took leave of a…"

"I'm sitting on the stile, Mary, Where we sat side by side, That bright May morning long ago When first you were my br…"

"In short, the world owns that we are the best-looking family in England and we are pretty well disposed to agree."