Occupation: Novelist Birth: December 16, 1775 Death: July 18, 1817
He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person..
The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not..
If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it..
Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook... I tried not to think….
A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago..
Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it..
But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly wh….
My style of writing is very diffrent from yours..
if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say ….
It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively without being at ….
I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship..
But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give..
You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough..
You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you a….
The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as sh….
My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?.
She wished such words unsaid with all her heart.
I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends..
The post-office is a wonderful establishment! The regularity and dispatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well….
It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixin….
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all..