Mr. Darcy

"I find that my previous conclusions were entirely without foundation."

"The society of such a woman would be a constant source of happiness."

"I have learned to see beyond the surface of things."

"Patience in adversity is the mark of true character."

"I confess that I have been fortunate in my life."

"One cannot command respect; one can only earn it."

"I would rather be contemned for my principles than admired for my compromises."

"The greatest discovery I have made is knowing myself at last."

"Your wit and intelligence are your greatest attractions."

"I shall endeavor to be worthy of your esteem."

"There is a rightness in the universe for those who seek it sincerely."

"I have been transformed by the power of genuine affection."

"One must face one's faults directly and without excuse."

"My heart was the last to be convinced of what my mind had already determined."

"To live well is the finest revenge against one's own ignorance."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

"I could not be happy with a man whose tastes did not accord with my own."

"You have delighted us long enough. Let us now be silent."

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

"I am in no humour for talking. Go away."

"My good opinion once lost is lost forever."

"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess of conversing easily with those I have never seen before."

"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion to be secure of judging properly at first."

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."

"Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?"

"I have had the pleasure of knowing you a long time, and the pleasure of your acquaintance."

"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."

"I am unhappy about this. It will not do."

"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change."