there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.
“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.”
person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
"My dear Mr
Keep your breath to cool your porridge
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me;
You take delight in vexing me
“I have been walking in the grove some time in the hope of meeting you. Will you do me the honour of reading that letter?”
though what she chiefly wished to hear she could not hope to be told