He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.

Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

Know your own happiness.