There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done. He had imagined himself indifferent, when he had only been angry; and he had been unjust to her merits, because he had been a sufferer from them.

I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?

You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.

And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal.