Jane Austen

A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

Jane Austen

A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of.

Jane Austen

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

Jane Austen

A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.

Jane Austen

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

Jane Austen

A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.

Jane Austen

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

Jane Austen

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

Jane Austen

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

Jane Austen

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Jane Austen