But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.