"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."

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

"My dearest Cassandra, I have just received your letter, and am sorry to find that you have so little to say for yourself."

"I have just returned from a visit to some friends, where I was very well entertained, and had a good deal of dancing."

"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."