On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters,” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“excellent health herself. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Her daughters were eagerly called to partake of her joy. Jane resolutely kept her place at the table; but Elizabeth, to satisfy… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There will be some difficulty in our way, Mrs. Norris,” observed Sir Thomas, “as to the distinction proper to be made between… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Precious as was the company of her daughter to her, she desired nothing so much as to give up its constant enjoyment… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. As a child I was taught what… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And here is my sweet little Annamaria,’ she added, tenderly caressing a little girl of three years old, who had not made… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The house seemed to have all the comforts of little Children, dirt and litter.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And is this all?" cried Elizabeth. "I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Eliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
![“[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children, and…” quote by Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/jane-austen-39_chiefs_mrs-allen-was-never-satisfied-with-the-d_1796497.jpg)
