"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them."

“Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.”

"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."

"An artist cannot do anything slovenly."

"I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."

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

“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?”

"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery."

"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."

The Books of Jane Austen: