No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.