One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. – Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – 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
There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them. – Jane Austen