Jane Austen

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

I am excessively diverted.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

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

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago.

You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.