“If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.”

“You men have none of you any hearts.''If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.”

“We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.”

“...there are very few of us who have heart enough to be in love without encouragement.”

“If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost any attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin ‘freely’- as light preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have a heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.”

“You have delighted us long enough.”

“There are very few who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement”