“...since we see everyday that where there is affection, young people are seldom withheld by immediate want of fortune from entering into… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
…one half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She has a fund of good sense and observation which, as a companion, makes her infinitely superior to thousands of those who… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I will not torment you with vain wishes, which may seem purposely to ask for your thanks.” — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“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 Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
