How should I dislike people that I never saw?
I dislike those who seek their society simply because they have the reputation of being rich.' 'Meaning me.' 'No; not meaning you.

I don't dislike you, as you know very well, though I do dislike the fact that you should run after these people.

I was thinking of the Longestaffes then.' 'Do you suppose, my friend, that I run after them for my own gratification?
Do you think that I go to their house because I find pleasure in their magnificence; or that I follow them down here for any good that they will do me ?' 'I would not follow them at all.' 'I will go back if you bid me, but I must first explain what I mean.
You know my son's condition,--better, I fear, than he does himself.' Roger nodded assent to this, but said nothing.

'What is he to do?
The only chance for a young man in his position is that he should marry a girl with money.

He is good-looking; you can't deny that.' 'Nature has done enough for him.' 'We must take him as he is.