There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.

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.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.

Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different.

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.