jane austen

“ At nineteen, you know, one does not think very seriously. ”

“ To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. ”

“ There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. ”

“ Such a letter was not soon to be recovered from. ”

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

“ Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. ”

“ A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. ”

“ But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever. ”

“ At last Anne was at home again, and happier than anyone in that house could have conceived. ”

“ Everybody likes to go their own wayto choose their own time and manner of devotion. ”