Emma denied none of it aloud, and agreed to none of it in private.

Oh! not handsome—not at all handsome. I thought him very plain at first, but I do not think him so plain now. One does not, you know, after a time.

Pride has often been his best friend. It has connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling.

Acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.

Nothing was so likely to do her good as a little quiet cheerfulness at home.

Life seems nothing more than a quick succession of busy nothings.