Jane Austen

Slight changes of temper had a great deal to do with the happiness of the day.

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who is not in love with him.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human statement.

Where the mind is not cultivated, the heart is apt to be idle.

If there is any one thing in the world of which I am proud, it is of my talents for drawing.

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look at the green fields, is the most perfect refreshment.

Nobody ever did anything worth doing, that was not done against the advice of somebody who knew better.

I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must tell you that I am grown very idle.

My dearest Cassandra, I have had a most delightful letter from Frank, full of his happiness.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

I am almost afraid to tell you how my Irish story is to be finished, for I think you will be disappointed, but when I have made my heroine in love with a man whose name is Lovelace, and who is a rake, you will not expect a very happy conclusion.

I have just finished the 3rd vol. of Miss Burney's Camilla. I am disappointed in it. I do not think it by any means equal to Cecilia, or even to Evelina. I am afraid that I must be satisfied with the first two.

I am not at all in a humour for writing, I am tired of it, and I am tired of myself.

I do not know whether it is my want of taste, or the want of taste in the world, but I am never satisfied with any book that I read.

I have been at a ball, and I have danced with a gentleman who is very agreeable, and who is very much in love with me.

I am not at all a fine lady, and I do not wish to be thought so.

I have been reading a novel, and I am very much pleased with it. It is called 'The Mysteries of Udolpho,' and it is by Mrs. Radcliffe.

I am very fond of dancing, and I am very fond of music, and I am very fond of everything that is agreeable.

I am not at all a good correspondent, and I am very much ashamed of it.

I have been to a play, and I have seen Mr. Kemble, and I have been very much pleased with him.