Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly any body to love." (of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, Persuasion)

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

Faultless in spite of all her faults.

Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth