A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.

But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

Angry people are not always wise.

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.