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
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. – 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