she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.

Where love is there is no labor; and if there be labor, that labor is loved.

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.

I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant and spending all my money: and what is worse for you, I have been spending yours too.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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

A Woman never looks better than on horseback