people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

one day in the country is exactly like another.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.