If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

how impossible it is not to laugh in some company, or to laugh in others.

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Beauties are always curious about beauties, and wits about wits.

We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.