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…

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Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.