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

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.

A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love.

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.