I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. – Jane Austen
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. – Jane Austen
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. – Jane Austen
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. – Jane Austen