"I am not at all disposed to be sentimental."

"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"To be sure, you are sensible, and I know nobody who does not think you a sensible woman; but I do not think you are a sensible woman to be always in the right."

"I have just finished the first volume of 'Mansfield Park,' and am very much pleased with it. I think it is a very clever book."

"My idea of good company…is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."