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

"An artist cannot do anything slovenly."

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

"No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with."

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

"At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them."

"Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."

"Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself."

"I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want."

"You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references sir."

"For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war."

"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."