She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart . . .

His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain.

Her [Mrs Croft's] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour. Anne gave her credit, indeed, for feelings of great consideration towards herself, in all that related to Kellynch; and it pleased her.

The gentleness, modesty, and sweetness of her character were warmly expatiated on; that sweetness which makes so essential a part of every woman's worth in the judgment of man, that though he sometimes loves where it is not, he can never believe it absent.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Everything united in her; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world and a warm heart