"If I can perceive no one to be in want of assistance, I cannot feel obliged to bestow it."
Kindness
"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."
Education
"It ought not to be necessary for me to assure you of my intentions."
Relationships
"My good qualities are under your protection."
Strength
"Till this moment I never knew what it was to be happy."
Happiness
"I cannot make speeches. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
Love
"Such is the fact—it cost me all the fortitude I possessed to proceed."
Courage
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
"Very little art is necessary to make a woman in love."
Love
"The worst and the best are known to you already."
Truth
"I regard her as one of the dearest of my relations."
Family
"We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, and if I begin to be satisfied with my own society, certainly I should reject company."
Solitude
"I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has no defect."
Humor
"I am not at all in a humour for talking; go away!"
Humor
"I am sure I owe you a great many apologies."
Truth
"Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case?"
Relationships
"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Love
"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy."
Humor
"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."
"I am convinced that one generous thought would not occupy the mind of such a girl."
"I have found it impossible to regard her with any sentiment but surprise."
Relationships
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Love
"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."
Wisdom
"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
Love
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
Love
"Angry people are not always wise."
Wisdom
"A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages to deserve the word."
Education
"I am almost afraid of asking what you thought of me."
Fear
"I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."
Wisdom
"My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."
Love