I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. Jane Austen Read Quote
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. Jane Austen Read Quote
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done. Jane Austen Read Quote
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. Jane Austen Read Quote