It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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

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

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

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...

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

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

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

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.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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

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

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

Business is the salt of life

Business is the salt of life

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.