I think some of those young fellows had on corsets." "What of it ?" replied Aileen.

"I like it.

If you're going to be smart, why not be very smart ?" "I know that's your theory, my dear," he said, "but it can be overdone.
There is such a thing as going too far.

You have to compromise even if you don't look as well as you might.

You can't be too very conspicuously different from your neighbors, even in the right direction." "You know," she said, stopping and looking at him, "I believe you're going to get very conservative some day--like my brothers." She came over and touched his tie and smoothed his hair.
"Well, one of us ought to be, for the good of the family," he commented, half smiling.
"I'm not so sure, though, that it will be you, either." "It's a charming day.