Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

Quote by Jane Austen

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There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the...

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the...

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...