Jane Austen Quotes

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. – Jane Austen

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. – Jane Austen

Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope. – Jane Austen

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. – Jane Austen

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. – Jane Austen

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. – Jane Austen

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. – Jane Austen

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time. – Jane Austen

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. – Jane Austen

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! – Jane Austen

One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best. – Jane Austen

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. – Jane Austen

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. – Jane Austen

We are all fools in love. – Jane Austen

I do not want people to be agreeable as it saves me the trouble of liking them. – Jane Austen

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. – Jane Austen

There is nothing so bad as parting with one’s friends. One seems to forlorn without them. – Jane Austen

My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. – Jane Austen

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. – Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. – Jane Austen

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. – Jane Austen

Our scars make us who we are. They explain why we are. They challenge us to be brave. – Jane Austen

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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

Men were put into the world to teach women the ways of the world. Women were put into the world to teach men the ways of heaven. – Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense. – Jane Austen

What we have to do, we do. – Jane Austen

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. – Jane Austen

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

Is not general incivility the very essence of love? – Jane Austen

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. – Jane Austen

If I were as rich as Mr. Darcy, I would be a more cheerful man. I have nothing to live for. – Jane Austen

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. – Jane Austen

We have all need to be laughed at. I have not done laughing at myself. – Jane Austen

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

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

We are all fools in love. – Jane Austen

Angry people are not always wise. – Jane Austen

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. – Jane Austen

We do not suffer by accident. – Jane Austen

Do anything rather than marry without affection. – Jane Austen

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. – Jane Austen

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. – Jane Austen

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time. – Jane Austen

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. – Jane Austen

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. – Jane Austen

Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope. – Jane Austen