“I would much rather have been merry than wise.”

“Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.”

“but, had I a place to new fashion, I should not put myself into the hands of an improver. I would rather have an inferior degree of beauty, of my own choice, and acquired progressively. I would rather abide by my own blunders than by his.”

“It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.”

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

“Catherine- "How I hate the sight of an umbrella!"Mrs. Allen- "They are disagreeable things to carry. I would much rather take a chair at any time.”

“Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.”