There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible..

Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly..

Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and b….

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart..

Time, time will heal the wound..

An annuity is a very serious business..

I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice..

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of ….

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?.

Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to delibera….

Time did not compose her..

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent….

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy.

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine... But from fifteen to seventeen she was in t….

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable..

…but then I am unlike other people I dare say..

If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thoug….

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights..

Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening,….

How hard it is in some cases to be believed!' 'And how impossible in others!.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short..