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

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Witty Quotes

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

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...

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

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

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...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

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,...

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

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.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

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...

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,...

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

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...

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.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

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...