A small unkindness is a great offence.
we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.
In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness, And drinks my spirit up!
Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.