“people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them”
“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
“That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
“Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it. It was then disclosed in the following manner. Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with:”
“It is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.”
“And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.”