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

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Women Quotes

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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.

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...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

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...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

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...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

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...

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...

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

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,...

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.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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

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