Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. Jane Austen on alone
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. Jane Austen on beauty
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Jane Austen on best
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. Jane Austen on best
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. Jane Austen on best
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Jane Austen on business
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. Jane Austen on education
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. Jane Austen on education
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen on forgiveness
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Jane Austen on friendship
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Jane Austen on friendship
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. Jane Austen on friendship
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen on good
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company. Jane Austen on good
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company. Jane Austen on great
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Jane Austen on great
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. Jane Austen on great
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Jane Austen on happiness
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Jane Austen on happiness
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Jane Austen on home