More quotes by Jane Austen

"General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be."
"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."
"Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody."
"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort."
"but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short."