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"There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of

those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other

all the appearance of it."

"I never thought Mr. Darcy so deficient in the appearance of it

as you used to do."

"And yet 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 anything just; but

one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then

stumbling on something witty."

"Lizzy, when you first read that letter, I am sure you could not

treat the matter as you do now."

"Indeed, I could not. I was uncomfortable enough, I was very

uncomfortable--I may say unhappy. And with no one to speak to of

what I felt, no Jane to comfort me, and say that I had not been

so very weak, and vain, and nonsensical, as I knew I had! Oh, how

I wanted you!"