"You could not have made me the offer in any way which would have tempted me to accept it."
"I have been a selfish being all my life."
"I am nearly mad with joy."
Happiness
"It is difficult to speak of it."
"A man who has once been refused! How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal?"
"I have been such a fool."
"Foolish as the assertion was, I have thrown a man in the way and secured him."
"I must endeavor to hope this circumstance must tend towards exciting some respect for me."
Hope
"You have shown me how insufficient were all my pretensions."
Truth
"I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, under any other circumstances."
"Such a woman thus obtaining the pledge of a gentleman, his word is no trifle."
"Every moment of acquaintance has been increasing my admiration."
"I cannot forget the follies and absurdities of others so soon as I ought."
"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."
"I am now concerned only for your happiness."
Love
"There is nothing I would not do for those I truly love."
"I love even my weaknesses which you have cured."
Change
"My affections and wishes are unchanged."
"Nothing could be more delightful to me than to be in company with those I love."
Happiness
"I could wish, perhaps, to be informed why, with so little endeavor at civility, I am thus rejected."
"Time will teach you to hope as strongly as I now do."
Time
"I am the happiest of men."
"Let me call your maid. You want to have time to recover yourself."
Kindness
"I am convinced of it."
"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well."
"It does not appear that he lives in this country."
"I cannot say that I blame you entirely, for it does seem a connection beneath her."
"You have no defect. You would be too perfect."
"I am all astonishment."
"It is now concluded as to be fixed by the man's account which was generally believed."