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

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Happiness Quotes

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

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.

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,...

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

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...

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.