You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.
Jane AustenDare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you.
Jane AustenShe hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
Jane Austen