"I have not the least intention of marrying at present, nor have I ever had. I am much too happy as I am."

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

"I do not like to be told that I am an object of compassion."

"There are such beings in the world, of so much refinement as to be always miserable."

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."