I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
Jane AustenAnd we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.
Jane AustenA single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.
Jane Austen