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

Quote by Jane Austen

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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...

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...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

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...

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

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!

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

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...

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...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

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

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

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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

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

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom