A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow.

But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.

Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.

And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.