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

• The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Beware of fainting fits... Though at the time they may be refreshing
and agreeable, yet believe me, they will, in the end, if too often repeated and at improper seasons, prove destructive to your constitution... Run mad as often as you choose; but do not faint.