There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.

I have no more to say. If this be the case, he deserves you. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.

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

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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.

It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle.

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