He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

When once married people begin to attack me with, 'Oh! you will think very differently, when you are married,' I can only say, 'No I shall not'; and then they say again, 'Yes you will,' and there is an end to it.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.