There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.
Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.
Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
Fraternal love, sometimes almost every thing, is at others worse than nothing.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?