Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
To yield readily – easily – to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you.
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Time will explain.
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
