Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.

You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.