No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.

Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don't rouse my hate instead. And when you have once extinguished my love, you will find it no easy matter to kindle it again.

No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.