Jane Austen Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jane Austen quotes, Jane Austen sayings, and Jane Austen proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them. Jane Austen
How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity. Jane Austen
Let us have the luxury of silence. Jane Austen
Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness. Jane Austen
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Jane Austen
Friendship is really the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Jane Austen
Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. Jane Austen
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. Jane Austen
A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself. Jane Austen
A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer. Jane Austen
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Jane Austen
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air. Jane Austen
I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. Jane Austen
The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for. Jane Austen
I have now attained the true art of letter-writing, which we are always told, is to express on paper exactly what one would say to the same person by word of mouth. Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, make a man what he ought to be. Jane Austen
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them. Jane Austen
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. Jane Austen
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you Jane Austen
What strange creatures brothers are! Jane Austen
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. Jane Austen
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Jane Austen
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. Jane Austen
The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. 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
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. Jane Austen
Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. Jane Austen
I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit. Jane Austen
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Jane Austen