They were wealthy, rich, and single looking for marriage

" There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

Cocky

“Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation”

Elizabeth judging Darcy based on what Wickham told her

They were allowed to have houses and land in their name

“I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit”

Dominant

"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine”

Elizabeth "playing hard to get"

They had more respect and rights than the other

"You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer”

Wealthy

“I do remember his boasting one day at Netherfield, of the implacability of his resentments, of his having an unforgiving temper. His disposition must be dreadful”

Darcy's arrogant and cocky behavior roots from this

Chased out for the opposite gender for a secured life

“For he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend”

Will Powered

“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men"

Darcy judging Jane's attentions with Bingley

Marriage was an investment for their lives

"You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer”

Opinionated

"My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me"

Elizabeth has preset mindset about Darcy