"We all know him to be a..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.”

“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.”

“I should infinitely prefer a book.”

“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”

“I don't remember who was there, except Dora. I have not the least idea what we had for dinner, besides Dora. My impression is, that I dined off Dora, entirely, and sent away half-a-dozen plates untouched. I sat next to her. I talked to her. She had the most delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, the pleasantest and most fascinating little ways, that ever led a lost youth into hopeless slavery. She was rather diminutive altogether. So much the more precious, I thought.”

“I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip”

“The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.”

“All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.”

“Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. - Shall we therefore never do good?”