Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

I am not romantic, you know; I never was.

You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking;— if the first, I should be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire.