“As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.”

“Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.”

“Well, said Anne, 'I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place.”

“Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?""For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”

“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.”

“She had reached the age of seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility, without having inspired one real passion, and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”