Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

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Angry people are not always wise.

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There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

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

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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! - When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

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