WIST

Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma (1815)

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma (1815)

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma, ch. 30

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma, ch. 9 (1816)

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Mansfield Park (1814)

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

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Pride and Prejudice, ch. 58 (1813)

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Sense and Sensability, ch. 31 (1811)

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Letter (18 Sep 1796)

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Letter to her sister Cassandra (24 Dec 1798)