How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!

Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face of every woman they met; and Catherine, after listening and agreeing as long as she could,with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind, fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man, especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned, ventured at length to vary the subject.

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

Maybe it’s that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.