“A person, be it a man or a woman, who has not been exposed to the great wonders of literature, must be intolerably stupid.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

“A man who has been refused! How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal of his love? Is there one among the sex, who would not protest against such a weakness as a second proposal to the same woman? There is no indignity so abhorrent to their feelings!”

“I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.”

“I am going to-morrow where I shall find a man who has not one agreeable quality, who has neither manner nor sense to recommend him. Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all.”

“The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance.”

“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.”