To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.
Jane AustenOh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
Jane AustenBut there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
Jane AustenA woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
Jane Austen