Jane Austen

It’s such a happiness when good people get together.

Jane Austen

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.

Jane Austen

Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.

Jane Austen

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

Jane Austen

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

Jane Austen

Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.

Jane Austen

My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

Jane Austen

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Jane Austen

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

Jane Austen

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

Jane Austen