Heat, Ma Am! It Was So Dreadful

The Main Question To A Novel Is -- Did It Amuse? Were You Surprised At Dinner Coming So Soon? Did You Mistake Eleven For Ten? Were You Too Late To Dress? And Did You Sit Up Beyond The Usual Hour? If A Novel Produces These Effects, It Is Good; If It Does Not -- Story, Language, Love, Scandal Itself Cannot Save It. It Is Only Meant To Please; And It Must Do That Or It Does Nothing.

What Two Ideas Are More Inseparable Than Beer And Britannia?

Politeness Is Good Nature Regulated By Good Sense.

A Man Who Wishes To Make His Way In Life Could Do No Better Than Go Through The World With A Boiling Tea-kettle In His Hand.

Whatever You Are By Nature, Keep To It; Never Desert Your Line Of Talent. Be What Nature Intended You For, And You Will Succeed.