“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”

“A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when betterbehavior is expected of them.”

“My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to. How soon any other wishes introduced themselves I can hardly tell, but I believe in about half an hour after I had seen you.”

“If you will thank me, let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you, might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe, I thought only of you.”

“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”