Pride and Prejudice

"I should infinitely prefer a book."

"She is a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper."

"I was teaching myself Italian."

"It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance."

"You ought certainly to forgive him as a Christian, but never to admit him in your sight, or allow his name to be mentioned in your hearing."

"I am perfectly resolved on one point."

"We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, and shall be the better pleased with the solitude of each other."

"Business first; pleasure afterwards."

"Vanity and pride are different things."

"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness."

"The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention."

"Do not you feel a great inclination, Mrs. Bennet, to make amends for the past?"

"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion."

"There is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation."

"How despicably I have acted! I, who have prided myself on my discernment!"

"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."

"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."

"I cannot be so easily reconciled to people of really bad character."

"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy."

"If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him."

"Perhaps I was unconscious of doing wrong."

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

"To yield readily—easily—to the persuasion of a friend is no merit."

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

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

"Some people are so foolish, I cannot bear to talk to them."

"It ought not to be necessary to say what ought to be obvious."

"I am not afraid of you."

"You have bewitched me, body and soul."