A conversation between Marianne and Elinor Dashwood

“There. There I fell, and there I first saw Willoughby.”

“Poor Willoughby. He will always regret you.”

“But does it follow that having chosen me he would have been content? He would have had a wife he loved, but no money, and might soon have learnt to rank the demands of his pocketbook far above the demands of his heart. If his present regrets are half as painful as mine, he will suffer enough.”

“Do you compare your conduct with his?”

“No. I compare it to with what it ought to have been. I compare it with yours.”