Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

"There is a fine old saying, which everybody here is of course familiar with: 'Keep your breath to cool your porridge'; and I shall keep mine to swell my song."

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all."

Is there nothing you could take to give you present relief? A glass of wine; shall I get you one?

As a child I was taught what was right, but I was not taught to correct my temper.