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

You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.

You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at.

Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.