And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.

When I fall in love, it will be forever.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation.

Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliott, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.