I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

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

A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven; and Anne viewed her friend as one of those instances in which, by a merciful appointment, it seems designed to counterbalance almost every other want.

I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!