It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.

The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.

The unhappy never want enemies.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.