There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.

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

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet

Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.