Jane Austen

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

I had a sore throat for a long time and it scared me. I saw a lump in my throat and I was terrified. I wouldn't go to a doctor.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.