To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

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

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present