Jane Austen Quotes

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

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.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

Know your own happiness.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

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

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

We do not look in great cities for our best morality.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!

And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.