No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

to hope was to expect

Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing

there is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. ... it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.

Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.