He does not want to marry her, though he is too great a coward to own it." "Why do you say so?
I grant you he is unceremonious and careless.

But he is the same to everybody." "Yes: to everybody _we_ know.

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, Marian, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one." "There is no harm in giving people credit for being good." "Yes, there is, when people are not good, which is most often the case.
It sets us wrong practically, and holds virtue cheap.

If Marmaduke is a noble and warmhearted man, and Constance a lovable, innocent girl, all I can say is that it is not worth while to be noble or lovable.

If amiability consists in maintaining that black is white, it is a quality anyone may acquire by telling a lie and sticking to it." "But I dont maintain that black is white.