Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?
Laurence SterneThe most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
Laurence SterneCourtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
Laurence Sterne