Rocks and Mountains

In the same chapter as the previous post, Elizabeth Bennet further professes her opinion of men.  (At least her current opinion in this point in the novel.)  When her aunt invites her to tour the lake country with her, Elizabeth's effusive response includes this little Pride and Prejudice gem:

“What are men to rocks and mountains?”

Men worth knowing

I don't think this quote of Eliza Bennet's needs any explanation about how truly funny and how wittily true it is.

"Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all." - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Charlotte Bartlett on Big Things

A Room With a View (E. M. Forster)

"Why? Why were most big things unladylike? Charlotte had once explained to her why. It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. "