1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.