The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
My dear Smollett ... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
One can never outlive one's vanity.
A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.