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

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Happiness Quotes

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

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...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

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!

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

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.

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

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

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

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

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

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

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...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...