Jane Austen Quotes

Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

When once we are buried you think we are gone. But behold me immortal!

I have not known him long indeed, but I am much better acquainted with him than I am with any other creature in the world.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is no other enjoyment like reading

We must consider what Miss. Fairfax quits, before we condemn her taste for what she goes to.

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.

No Amish woman would dare to confide, even in her sister, that a man's very presence made her heart quicken and her senses tingle.

Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has left behind.

Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.”~ Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice)

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

She hated herself more than she could express.

[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation!

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

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

One must not expect every thing.