“And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.”

“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”

“I am very strong. Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.”

“One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.”

“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.”

“If her case was pitiable, his was hopeless. His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise.”

“Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion…”