Quotes By Jane Austen

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

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

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

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

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

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