"The blessed interval of tranquility is hardly ever restored."Peace
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words which laid the foundation."Time
"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."Gratitude
"You are too generous to trifle with me."Kindness
"Real strength is shown through patience."Strength
"I am perfectly serious in my refusal."
"The extent of your regard makes the value of the establishment she must give up."Relationships
"It is not everyone who has your goodness of heart."Beauty
"Do not mistake me—I do not intend to flatter."Truth
"I have none of the usual inducements to marriage."
"Were it possible for me to feel more, I would now feel it for you."Love
"We are all fools in love."Wisdom
"Pride relates to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us."Philosophy
"A lady's imagination is very rapid."Imagination
"I am not one of those gentlemen who take their leave of fashion."Leadership
"Beware how you trifle with me."
"You have insulted me in every possible method."
"Let me not be hasty in my judgment."Patience
"I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could be prevailed upon to marry."Relationships
"There is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ."
"I cannot give you the pleasure which your impatience craves."
"Better to be without sense than to misapply it."Education
"My affections and wishes are unchanged."
"I am excessively diverted."Humor
"You have every appearance of it being pleasant."Nature
"I would fain be taught to overcome my abhorrence of such circumstances."Perseverance
"Angry as I was even then, let me thank you again."Gratitude
"It does not often happen that it is the man's own fault."Justice
"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."
"I have found her out at last."Knowledge