Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that when in the common cant of praise she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.

Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.