Jane Austen Quotes & Sayings

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”

“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.”

“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”

“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.”