I was so anxious to do what is right that I forgot to do what is right. Author: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “It makes me very nervous and poorly,to be thwarted so in my own family, and to …” “Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an imp…” “This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret.” “Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not be set down…”