More quotes by Jane Austen, Emma

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
"but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again."
"Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
"Without music, life would be a blank to me."