Quotes on “jane-austen”

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.