Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.Emma Woodhouse
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.Emma Woodhouse
A lady always does. She should do whatever she pleases.Mr. Knightley
It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind.Emma Woodhouse
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.Emma Woodhouse
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.Mr. Knightley
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.Emma Woodhouse
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.Emma Woodhouse
I cannot make speeches. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.Mr. Knightley
Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.Mr. Knightley
It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best.Jane Fairfax
One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.Emma Woodhouse
Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.Emma Woodhouse