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.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

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