“Oh! what a silly Thing is Woman! How vain, how unreasonable!”

“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”

“Certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certain silly things cease to be silly if done by sensible people in an imprudent way.”

“You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”

“It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire... Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.”