It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language

As a brother, a landlord, a master, she considered how many people's happiness were in his guardianship! -- How much of pleasure or pain it was in his power to bestow! -- How much of good or evil must be done by him!

It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.

For what do we live, but to make sport by subjecting our neighbors to endless discretionary review for minor additions?

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet