One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
JANE AUSTENOne cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
JANE AUSTENShe was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
JANE AUSTENTo love is to burn, to be on fire.
JANE AUSTENAh! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
JANE AUSTENWisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
JANE AUSTENHow wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
JANE AUSTENOne man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
JANE AUSTENI am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
JANE AUSTENPray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
JANE AUSTENAnd sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
JANE AUSTENShe hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
JANE AUSTENNobody minds having what is too good for them.
JANE AUSTENI declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
JANE AUSTENWhat are men to rocks and mountains?
JANE AUSTENGood apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
JANE AUSTENI could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
JANE AUSTEN