People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.
In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION.
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
We are all very ready to believe what we like.