I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I could never see anything extraordinary in them.
I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to anyone less worthy.
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.
I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
Every day confirms his belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough.
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.