You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy
Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil.
His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.