Evil to some is always good to others

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

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

She attracted him more than he liked.