“[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”

“You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.''As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.”

“It is possible to read too many novels. Henry Tileny, Northanger Abbey”

“I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.”

“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”

“Well, said Anne, 'I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place.”