I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I shoul….

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar befo….

She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation.

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little ….

I have made myself two or three caps to wear of evenings since I came home, and they save me a world of torment as to hair-dressing, which at present….

One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight..

It is wonderful, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride;-and pride has often been his best friend..

You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy..

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first..

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be..

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty ….

Sitting with her on Sunday evening - a wet Sunday evening - the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and eve….

I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration, or a metaphor in every corner….

When once married people begin to attack me with, 'Oh! you will think very differently, when you are married,' I can only say, 'No I shall not'; and ….

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, mu….

We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing..

She [Mary I] married Philip King of Spain, who in her sister's reign, was famous for building Armadas..

The sooner every party breaks up the better..

A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little p….

I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhil….

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in t….