I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob.

It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.