It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now.

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

It is wonderful, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride;-and pride has often been his best friend.

Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done. He had imagined himself indifferent, when he had only been angry; and he had been unjust to her merits, because he had been a sufferer from them.

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.