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Jane Austen
One of Edward's...
One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not...
One half of...
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Source: Emma,...
Surprises are foolish...
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often...
The little bit...
The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much...
You have delighted...
You have delighted us long enough.
Source: Pride and Prejudice, Ch. 18
-- Jane...
Real solemn history,...
Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in . . . The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences in...
She was a...
She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.
There are certainly...
There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve...
The pleasantness of...
The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
Source:...
You mistake me,...
You mistake me, my dear. I have a high repect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them...
The post-office had...
The post-office had a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think...
There is safety...
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
Why not seize...
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...
The sooner every...
The sooner every party breaks up the better.
Source: Emma, Ch. 25
-- Jane...
You ought certainly...
You ought certainly to forgive them, as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be...
I think I...
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to...
To sit in...
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Where an opinion...
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Source: Mary Crawford, in...
Everything nourishes what...
Everything nourishes what is strong already.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
I do not...
I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...