"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men."
"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."
"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
"And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading."
"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."
"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."