"Perhaps I may be of some service to my young cousins."
Kindness
"You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment."
Relationships
"Affection and confidence subsist in such a state as ours under peculiar circumstances."
Relationships
"I have been a selfish being all my life."
"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."
Wisdom
"To yield readily—easily—to the persuasion of a friend is no merit."
Strength
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope."
Love
"It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance."
"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well."
Friendship
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do."
Love
"I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds."
Relationships
"There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself."
Art
"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."
Beauty
"You have delighted us long enough."
Humor
"To yield readily—easily—to the persuasion of a friend is no merit."
Strength
"You puzzle me exceedingly."
Relationships
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
Nature
"I am the last man in the world to make you an offer."
"I do not want to talk of something else."
"You have insulted me in every possible method."
Truth
"What do you think of books?"
Knowledge
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"That is as it ought to be, for ladies have the advantage."
Relationships
"My affections and wishes are unchanged."
Love
"You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."
"I am convinced that one either likes or dislikes at first sight."
Relationships
"I am determined at all events to have the pleasure of conversing with you."
"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil."
Philosophy
"You have said quite enough, madam."
Relationships
"I am not at all in humour for talking."
Solitude