Jane Austen
  • It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

  • Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

  • To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  • They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

  • Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.