Selina: We were talking about Ann.
Lord William: Yes—but what were you actually saying?
Selina: Tim said that Ann never tried to make people good, but only happy.
Mrs. Martineau: Only!
Lord William: I remember I was about to say that in practice goodness and happiness are much the same thing.
Selina: Bravo!
Molyneux: My dear Bill, surely that is a platitude?
Lord William: Even a platitude can contain a truth.
Molyneux: But we are few of us brave enough to admit it.