Is it not insupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?

[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my—er—icy set-downs!”(Alverstoke)

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.

And that reminds me, Mama! I have just intercepted another of that puppy’s floral offerings to my sister. This billet was attached to it.” (Charles)

I am relieved. May I now have the truth?