Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; but where, as in this case, through the conduct is mistaken, the feelings are not, it may not be very material.
I know so many who have married in the full expectation and confidence of someone particular advantage in the connection, or accomplishment, or good quality in the person, who have found themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to put up with exactly the reverse.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feeling are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.