There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to. — Jane Austen. English novelist (1775–1817) Etiquette
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?