"My dearest, most beloved Elizabeth."
Love
"You make me laugh against my will."
Humor
"I did not know before that you were a studier of character."
"Whether your manner may have been in jest or serious, anything is preferable to this cold civility."
"This is not to be borne! It is intolerable!"
"I have the honor of being an eyewitness to your superiority."
"You could not have made me suffer more."
"How despicably I have acted!"
"I am not one of his intimate friends."
"To Elizabeth, and to myself, I now offer my hand with my whole heart."
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Truth
"I am not one of those who are willing to trifle with that which is of vital importance."
Wisdom
"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."
Strength
"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
Love
"I could not have happily obey the dictates of my heart."
Happiness
"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."
Truth
"My good opinion once lost, is lost forever."
Relationships
"I respect the right to refuse, but I must protest against it."
Courage
"A man of consequence, I ought to be proud."
Power
"Wickedness is always weakness."
Wisdom
"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion."
Change
"I am as happy as I ever saw her."
Happiness
"The community is not very extensive, and when a woman chooses a husband, she chooses him for all his life."
Relationships
"I could not do justice to her merit by words."
Beauty
"I have been blinded by prejudice against her."
Truth
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Beauty
"Nothing is more desirable than an improvement in character."
"I have every reason in the world to think ill of you."
"You have insulted me in every possible way."
"I cannot forget the follies and absurdities of others."