It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.

[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.

I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything's being dull and insipid about the house! I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not.

Till this moment I never knew myself.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.