At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them. — Jane Austen. English novelist (1775–1817)
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?