Till this moment I never knew myself.

that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation.

Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel the importance of every day, and every hour as it passes.

I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.