With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.
Source: Mr. John Knightley, in Emma, ch. 13 (1816), describing Mr. Elton.
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16 1775-1817), English novelist; She was known as the masterful miniaturist; wrote Pride and Prejudice, 1813; Sense and Sensibility, 1811.