I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it.

A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.

One word from you shall silence me forever.

His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.

I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.