but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always fin... - Jane Austen

"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be."

"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort."

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

"Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does."