Quotes from Emma

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.

I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other.

It was badly done, indeed! You, whom she had known from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period when her notice was an honour.

The real evils of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself.

And you have forgotten one matter of joy to me, and a very considerable one—that I made the match myself.

Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do.

Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Fortune I do not want; employment I do not want; consequence I do not want: I believe few married women are half as much mistress of their husband's house as I am of Hartfield.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.