Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Quote by Jane Austen

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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.

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...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

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...

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

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

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

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.