Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.

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

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.

that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.