Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now….

Then it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction..

We must consider what Miss. Fairfax quits, before we condemn her taste for what she goes to..

Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him..

One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy..

There are secrets in all families..

With a book he was regardless of time..

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage..

He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain..

If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow..

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing..

It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of hu….

Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch-hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Barontage; there he found….

We are all fools in love..

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful..

Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where..

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did..

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The less said the better..

Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream..

I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage..