But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.

But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.