We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming so herself.

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

At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.