She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.

His feelings are warm, but I can imagine them rather changeable.

You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.

Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.