What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. – Jane Austen

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. – Jane Austen
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. – Jane Austen
It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows, listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning. – Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter XLII