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.Jane Austen
Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.Jane Austen
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.Jane Austen
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.Jane Austen
To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.Jane Austen