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.

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.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to