Jane Austen

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient read more

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.