Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have made myself two or three caps to wear of evenings since I came home, and they save me a world… — 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
