Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice

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

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice

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.

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice