The less said the better.

If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?

Now they were as strangers; nay worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.

To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.