There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer hope to be benefited by it. She wanted to hear of him, when there seemed the least chance of gaining intelligence. She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.