You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.
Vanity, not love, has been my folly.
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet
I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.