Ah, mother! How do you do?' said he, giving her a hearty shake of the hand; 'Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch...' On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness, for he asked each of them how they did, and observed that they both looked very ugly.

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well.

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.