"I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more." (Mr. Knightley)

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

"I thank you; but I assure you, you are quite mistaken. Mr. Elton and I are very good friends, and nothing more, and she walked on, amusing herself in the consideration of the blunders which often arise from a partial knowledge of circumstances, of the mistakes which people of high pretensions to judgment are for every falling into..." (Emma)

Unsure if this is an unabridged reading or a dramatization.