I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.

There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal.

Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these." - Mr. Darcy