Quotes By Jane Austen

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

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.

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

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.