“ I suspect that in this comprehensive and (may I say) commonplace censure, you are not judging from yourself, but from prejudiced persons, whose opinions you have been in the habit of hearing. It is im… Jane Austen
“ Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes--and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart a… Jane Austen
“ It is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct. Jane Austen
“ I do not know where the error lies. I do not pretend to set people right, but I do see that they are often wrong. Jane Austen
“ You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this… Jane Austen
“ We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Jane Austen
“ Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Jane Austen
“ I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house tonight or never. Jane Austen
“ Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. Jane Austen
“ It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than eno… Jane Austen
“ Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge. Jane Austen
“ Nothing is more deceitful, said Darcy, than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. Jane Austen
