Maxioms by Jane Austen
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
