Quotes By Jane Austen

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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

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

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

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

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

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

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

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

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

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.