I would recommend to her and Mr. D. the simple regimen of separate rooms. - Jane Austen

I should infinitely prefer a book...

It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire... Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

A woman especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.