I use the verb 'to torment,' as I observed to be your own method, instead of 'to instruct,' supposing them to be now admitted as synonymous.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and he [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it.

And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.