Sense and Sensibility - Key Quotes

‘her feelings were strong…

…but she knew how to govern them’

‘her self-command…

…is invariable’

‘sense will always…

…have its attractions for me’

‘mortified, shocked…

…confounded’ (ch22)

‘one of the…

…happiest couples in the world’

‘divided her as little from her family…

…as could well be contrived’

‘she was everything but…

…prudent’

‘I have erred against…

…every commonplace notion of decorum’

‘courted the…

…misery’

‘My illness has…

…made me think’

‘My feelings shall be governed…

…and my temper improved’

‘the reward…

…of all’

‘a wife, the mistress of a family…

…and the patroness of a village’…is a significant role.

‘her whole heart became…

…devoted to her husband’

‘money can only give happiness…

…where there is nothing else to give it’

‘Beyond a competence…

…it can afford no real satisfaction