Those who doubt themselves most generally err least.
Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.
Romances in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination, than to inform the judgment.
It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
We are all very ready to believe what we like.