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."
"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
"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"
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."