To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind

Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.

I am now convinced that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil. But my feelings are not only cordial towards him; they are even impartial towards her. I cannot find out that I hate her at all, or that I am in the least unwilling to think her a very good sort of girl. There can be no love in all this.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.