More quotes by Jane Austen, Emma

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
"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."
"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."
"She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy."
"There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley"