I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.

Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet

Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel the importance of every day, and every hour as it passes.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.