Pride and Prejudice

"I cannot give you the pleasure which your impatience craves."

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

"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."

"Let me not be hasty in my judgment."

"You have insulted me in every possible method."

"Beware how you trifle with me."

"I am not one of those gentlemen who take their leave of fashion."

"A lady's imagination is very rapid."

"Pride relates to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"We are all fools in love."

"Were it possible for me to feel more, I would now feel it for you."

"I have none of the usual inducements to marriage."

"Do not mistake me—I do not intend to flatter."

"It is not everyone who has your goodness of heart."

"The extent of your regard makes the value of the establishment she must give up."

"I am perfectly serious in my refusal."

"Real strength is shown through patience."

"You are too generous to trifle with me."

"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."

"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words which laid the foundation."

"The blessed interval of tranquility is hardly ever restored."

"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."

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

"Only the deepest love is worth the deepest fear."

"Your Ladyship's indignation would be better employed."

"I admire the elegance of your operation."

"You teach me to be ashamed of what I have been."

"I have been a selfish being all my life."

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."

"I am not afraid of you."