No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.

Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.

I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural of any other woman.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)