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" Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. "

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" Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. "

" What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! "

" To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. "

" They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. "

" The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. "

" 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. "

" We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. "

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

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" Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. "

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

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" I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. "

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" Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. "

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