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Jane Austen
From this day...
From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not...
A man ....
A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...
Happiness in marriage...
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Source: Pride & Prejudice/...
From politics, it...
From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Human nature is...
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either...
I do not...
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...
But Shakespeare one...
But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His...
It does not...
It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any...
How can you...
How can you contrive to write so even?
Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...
It is very...
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
Source: 'Emma' [Cf....
It is a...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a...
Friendship is the...
Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.
Source: In An...
It is always...
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of...
I am afraid...
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
It will, I...
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of...
It is happy...
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing...
I have been...
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Let other pens...
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
Source: Mansfield Park, Ch. 48
-- Jane...
If there is...
If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.
Source:...
Nobody can tell...
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never...