"I love you. I am who I am because of you."
Love
"I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."
Work
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Humor
"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess of conversing easily."
Relationships
"How despicably have I acted towards you, but towards myself most of all."
"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
Love
"But how should I be supposed to know, what would make you happy?"
Wisdom
"There is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation."
"I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit."
"There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself."
"The agreeable manner of your conversation has been improved."
"She is a woman of remarkable strength of character."
"A fondness for reading, which I have not the smallest objection to in so young a girl."
"I have hardly ever knew what it is to long for anything before."
"It has been the study of my life to avoid those weaknesses which often expose a strong understanding to ridicule."
"You taught me a lesson hard indeed."
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
"I have been a selfish being all my life."
"I have had the pleasure of your acquaintance long enough to know that you find great enjoyment in occasionally professing opinions which in fact are not your own."
"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."
Education
"I have not wanted abilities; but I have wanted an object."
Motivation
"You have shown me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."
"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first."
Wisdom
"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."
Change
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
Relationships
"I have nothing to say to you that you will not hear with some concern."
Truth
"Take care of yourself and of your family."
Family
"Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to make her happy."
Happiness
"You teach me now how insufficient were all my former notions of its meaning."
Knowledge
"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me."