Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. – Jane Austen
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. – Jane Austen

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. – Jane Austen
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. – Jane Austen
. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. – Jane Austen