How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain."

"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."

"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."

"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."

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