“Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship.”
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
