The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like
An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.
With a book he was regardless of time.
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
How can I dispose of myself with it?