“His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain.”

“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence.”

“She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.”

“Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of 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.”

“He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it.""Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction.”

“...I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance, Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly.”