Marriage Quotes by Jane Austen

There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry.

— Jane Austen

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

— Jane Austen

“I wish with all my soul his wife may plague his heart out.”

— Jane Austen

“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.”

— Jane Austen

“Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.”

— Jane Austen

It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best

— Jane Austen

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

— Jane Austen

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

— Jane Austen

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think…

— Jane Austen

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

— Jane Austen

“Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor...which is one very strong argument in favour of matrimony... Quote from a Jane…

— Jane Austen

I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to…

— Jane Austen

“It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune is in want of a wife!”

— Jane Austen

“A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can…

— Jane Austen

I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together,…

— Jane Austen

“My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his…

— Jane Austen

“There was that constant communication which strong family affection would dictate; and though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other,…

— Jane Austen

“Oh! to be sure," cried Emma, "it is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of…

— Jane Austen

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who…

— Jane Austen

I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach…

— Jane Austen

“Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for…

— Jane Austen

When once married people begin to attack me with, 'Oh! you will think very differently, when you are married,' I can only…

— Jane Austen

“It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed---the two bridemaids were duly inferior---her father gave her away---her mother stood…

— Jane Austen

“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of…

— Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a…

— Jane Austen

“In marriage especially. With all due respect to such of the present company as chance to be married, my dear Mrs. Grant,…

— Jane Austen

“not take advantage of a widow or an orphan. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear…

— Jane Austen

“Yes and I had heard it before. But what is that to me? If there is no other objection to my marrying…

— Jane Austen

“Mrs. Parker was as evidently a gentle, amiable, sweet-tempered woman, the properest wife in the world for a man of strong understanding…

— Jane Austen

“Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to…

— Jane Austen

To be so bent on Marriage - to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation - is a sort of…

— Jane Austen

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each…

— Jane Austen

“Dear Eloisa (said I) there’s no occasion for your crying so much about such a trifle. (for I was willing to make…

— Jane Austen

“And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. Taken in that light, certainly their resemblance is not striking; but I think…

— Jane Austen

“Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy's marriage; but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at…

— Jane Austen

“Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw…

— Jane Austen

“Her partner now drew near, and said, "That gentleman would have put me out of patience, had he stayed with you half…

— Jane Austen

“Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing opinion of conjugal felicity…

— Jane Austen

“A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish—read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with his wife. His…

— Jane Austen

“Next to being married, a girl likes being crossed in love a little now and again.”

— Jane Austen