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Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as
the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

"Her not objecting does not justify him. It only shows her being deficient in something herself — sense or feeling.”

Well," cried Elizabeth, "have it as you choose. He shall be mercenary, and she shall be foolish.”

…I am going to-mor-row where I shall find a man who has not one agreeable quality, who has neither manner nor sense to recommend him. Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all”

"Pray, my dear aunt, what is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent motive? Where does discretion end, and avarice begin?…

"A man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums which other people may observe. If she does not object to it, why should we?"

"And your defect is to hate everybody,

"And yours, he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them”

…

He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.

My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding-certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.

E: “I hope I never ridicule what is wise and good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and
laugh at them whenever I can…”

…

D: “Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride-where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation”

Elizabeth turned away to hide a smile.

“I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty women can bestow”