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

And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.

I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.

Know your own happiness.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.

She attracted him more than he liked.