such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

You must not sneeze. If you have a vehement cold you must take no notice of it; if your nose membranes feel a great irritation you must hold your breath; if a sneeze still insists upon making its way you must oppose it keeping your teeth grinding together; if the violence of the pulse breaks some blood-vessel you must break the blood-vessel -- but not sneeze.

Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.