I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.
William Makepeace ThackerayAll amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.
William Makepeace ThackerayThe ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.
William Makepeace Thackeray