The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. – 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
One mans ways may be as good as anothers, but we all like our own best. – Jane Austen