"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
— Jane Austen
— Jane Austen
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
— Jane Austen
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
— Jane Austen
"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
— Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
—Jane Austen
"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort."
—Jane Austen
—Jane Austen
"We all have a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."
—Jane Austen