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

A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.

“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.