It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

We are all fools in love.

My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation.

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

We are all of us more or less under the influence of what is called pride.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

There is a great deal of truth in what you say.

To love is to value, to value is to cherish.

A man who has nothing which he cares about, is nothing.

I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of mind of Elizabeth and Jane.

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.

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

I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as time.