Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. – Jane Austen
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. – Jane Austen
For every man there comes that special moment when he is physically tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing – unique to him and fitted to his talents.
What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour. – Anon.