I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Women Quotes

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

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...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

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.

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

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...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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...

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...

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

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

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

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...