There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry. Jane Austen Read Quote
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. Jane Austen Read Quote
No man is offended by another man’s admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. Jane Austen Read Quote
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. Jane Austen Read Quote
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Jane Austen Read Quote
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. Jane Austen Read Quote
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? Jane Austen Read Quote
