Till this moment I never knew myself.

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.

Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour.