Quotes by Austen, Jane

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evi >>

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at >>

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than >>

Quotations about Engagement

Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking a >>

Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged >>

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man >>

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.

Austen, Jane