I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!