I think that it would benefit you to add a bit of both quotes that demonstrate self-restraint and the areas that the critics define the virtues in the book. It is difficult to find literary responses at times, but searching for sites that pertain specifically to Jane Austen may help.
In the book "Sense and Sensibility" Marianne is contemplating her sister's interaction with demonstration of her feelings for Edward. Her sister, Elinor, is far more reserved than Marianne and exemplifies the appropriate behavior of restraint expected in a woman of her day.
"That her sister’s affections were calm"(106)"
Elinor presented herself with soft composure but once alone she allowed herself the luxury of thought. It was only in her thoughts that she was allowed the freedom to express her true feelings.
"Elinor found everyday afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward, and of Edward's behavior, in every possible variety which the different state of her spirits at different times could produce, with tenderness, pity, approbation, censure, and doubt."(106)
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