People were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed.
Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.
You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.
You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.