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

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Advice Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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

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

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

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.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

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.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

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

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

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,...

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...

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

Everyone knows, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So when you're pulling me...

Everyone knows, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So when you're pulling me...

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter