Author: Jane Austen

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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

- Jane Austen

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

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

- Jane Austen

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.

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.

- Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

- Jane Austen

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

- Jane Austen

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

- Jane Austen

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

- Jane Austen

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

- Jane Austen

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

- Jane Austen

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