I only found out what an insipid little fool she was when I had a woman of sense to compare her with." "Dont say hard things about her.

I think you might have a little forbearance towards her under the circumstances." "Hm! I dont feel very forbearing.

She has been sticking to me for the last few days like a barnacle.

Our respectable young ladies think a lot of themselves, but--except you and Nelly--I dont know a woman in society who has as much brains in her whole body as Susanna Conolly has in her little finger nail.

I cant imagine how the deuce you all have the cheek to expect men to talk to you, much less marry you." "Perhaps there is something that honest men value more than brains." "I should like to know what it is.