"Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?"

"Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do."

"It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a …"

"Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief."

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

"A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable, old maid! the proper sport of boys and…"

"The truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"It was a delightful visit—perfect, in being much too short."

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of th…"