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

Quote by Jane Austen

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There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

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.

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.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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

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

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.

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...

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

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,...

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...

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...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

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

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

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

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

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

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...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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

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

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.