A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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

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

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...

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.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Never be ashamed of what you feel, you have the right to feel any emotion...

Never be ashamed of what you feel, you have the right to feel any emotion...

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...