Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – Jane Austen
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. – Jane Austen
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. – Jane Austen