Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – 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
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
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. – Jane Austen