“The coin that pays for ecstasy is always stamped despair. One cannot love empathically until one wanders there.”

“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”

“There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.”

“She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love.”

“Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love.”

“I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason. It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit to have a dislike of that kind. One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”

“One cannot creep upon a journey; one cannot help getting on faster than one has planned: and the pleasure of coming in upon one's friends before the look-out begins is worth a great deal more than any little exertion it needs.”