Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
There is even the dignity of vice.
There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.
A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.