Jane Austen

I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must tell you that at once, because I may be in a humour for nothing else, and so be glad to get to the end of my letter.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged one; she is satisfied with herself.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone.

I am not fond of the word 'love'; it is a word that is very much abused.

Where there is a disposition to love, there is a disposition to believe.

To be sure, you are sensible, and have a very good heart; but you are not like me.

I have not the smallest objection to explaining everything in the world.

I consider a country-life as most favourable to love and to poetry.

I am not a man of many words, but I can assure you that my feelings are not to be trifled with.

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

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be always right.

A man would always wish to have a woman of the best sense, as well as the best temper, if he could.

Nobody ever did anything worth doing by accident.

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

We all know what we are to do; it is only the doing of it that is difficult.

There is nothing so mortifying as an unexpected kindness.

There is no saying what an ungentleman-like man will not do.

A man does not necessarily cease to be a man because he is a father.

I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love.

If I may be allowed to use such a strong expression, I should say that I was in love with him.