Jane Austen

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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.

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving read more

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.