“Time did not compose her.”

“I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.”

“It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.”

“Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.”

“Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.”

“At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.”

“The English never draw a line without blurring it.”

“You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.”