But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.

My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.

Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.