one day in the country is exactly like another.

I should infinitely prefer a book.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood

Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment.

You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.