1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage.

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

Everything united in her; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world and a warm heart

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

Drinking too much of Mr Weston's good wine.