One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine... But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine.

Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing, after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies." Mr. Darcy: "Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in vogue amongst the less polished societies of the world; every savage can dance.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts

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

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!