We do not look in great cities for our best morality.
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
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.
