A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.
Jane AustenEvery body has their taste in noises as well as other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.
Jane AustenGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, make a man what he ought to be.
Jane AustenTag: human-behavior
Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.
Jane AustenTag: family individual outsider
If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.
Jane AustenIn that moment, as they stood smiling at one another, Charlotte was conscious of several contradictory sensations, of which the chief were these: annoyance with herself for being incapable of governing her own actions, satisfaction that Sidney had won this very minor victory over her, amusement, embarrassment - an odd something between perturbation and pleasure - and above all else, a flutter of joyful spirits which made her feel she had strayed somehow into a most unfamiliar world.
Jane AustenTag: sanditon
You see, I am a very prosaic, unromantic, sensible sort of fellow myself; and I have always had my heart set on finding the most sensible, prudent, level-headed wife in the world. But, on the other hand, it is very important to me that she possess one very particular flaw: she must have no sense whatsoever where I myself am concerned. She would only have to take one look at me and - no matter what her steadiness of mind - she would lose it in the space of seconds... Just lately, I have sometimes thought I may have found what I have always wanted. But just lately I have also noticed she has developed a most irritating habit of looking at the ground whenever we are together. Do you think she could try to overcome it? Well, Charlotte, are you going to look at me now?
Jane AustenTag: sanditon
With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them.
Jane AustenEverything nourishes what is strong already
Jane AustenMen never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.
Jane AustenTag: man-vs-woman
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