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

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

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

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

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

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

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...

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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 cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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...

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.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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

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

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...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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...

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.