One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. |
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. |
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other |
One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. |
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. |
One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty |
One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not worth reading. |
She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart . . . |
She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. |
She was determined, as she felt it to be her duty, to try to overcome all that was excessive. |
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way |
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. |
Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor |
speaks very truthfully. ... I loved the fact that it felt so honest. I respond to scripts regardless of where or when they're set; for me, it's about whether the characters ring true. |
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. |