Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
What are men to rocks and mountains?
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.