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. Jane Austen breadbusinessfair Change image and share on social
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. Jane Austen earlylifenature Change image and share on social
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. Jane Austen speakunintelligible Change image and share on social
A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid - the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else. Jane Austen boydisagreeablefortune share on social
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. Jane Austen people Change image and share on social
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? Jane Austen attentiondelicacyflatter share on social
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. Jane Austen aimdestroydistinction Change image and share on social
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. Jane Austen attractioncallcharm Change image and share on social
