Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
JANE AUSTENHer own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
JANE AUSTENTime will explain.
JANE AUSTENI hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
JANE AUSTENI could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
JANE AUSTENGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENHe is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
JANE AUSTENWith women, the heart argues, not the mind.
JANE AUSTENFriendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
JANE AUSTENYou must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
JANE AUSTENIt is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
JANE AUSTENIt sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
JANE AUSTENHow clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
JANE AUSTENIndulge your imagination in every possible flight.
JANE AUSTENWhat is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
JANE AUSTENKnow your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
JANE AUSTENOne cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
JANE AUSTEN