Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.