Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion.

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.

I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them I believe I thought only of you.

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.