To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.

“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil.

When I fall in love, it will be forever.

Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.