“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
“That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
“I am not a great reader and I have pleasure in many things.”
“And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.”
“You are a good girl, and I have great pleasure in thinking you will be so happily settled. I have no doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying, that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income.”
“I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.”