In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

Quote by Jane Austen

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

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...

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

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...

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.

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...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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...

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

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

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

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

I don't think anybody in our business is creative. What we do is copy something...

I don't think anybody in our business is creative. What we do is copy something...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.