Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – Jane Austen
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. – Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. – David Mamet