that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.

Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge." -Elinor Dashwood

Another stupid party . . . with six people to look on, and talk nonsense to each other.

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.