Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.

She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.

At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.