And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

Know your own happiness.

From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.

Success supposes endeavour.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.