More quotes by Jane Austen, Emma

"Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
"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."
"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."
"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."