Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly bl... - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."

"my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be..."

"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."

"Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly."