“…each found her greatest safety in silence…”

“her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.”

“She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence.”

“You will find her manners beyond anything I can describe; and your wit and vivacity, I think, must be acceptable to her, especially when tempered with the silence and respect which her rank will inevitably excite.”

“There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.”

“Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her; and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her.”

“Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.”