My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Jane Austen Quotes

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

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...

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

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...

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...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

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

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

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

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

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

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price...

Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price...

I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the...

I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the...