There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better:…

Quote by Jane Austen

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Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

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

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

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

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...

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.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

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.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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

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

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,...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

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...

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...

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness...

Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness...