General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
One mans ways may be as good as anothers, but we all like our own best. – Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
One mans ways may be as good as anothers, but we all like our own best. – Jane Austen
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. – Jane Austen
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. – Jane Austen
Thou didst create the night, but I made the lamp. Thou didst create clay, but I made the cup. Thou didst create the deserts, mountains and forests, I produced the orchards, gardens and groves. It is I who made the glass out of stone, and it is I who turn a poison into an antidote. – Sir Muhammad Iqbal