The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.

One can never have too large a party.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt.