We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.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
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.Jane Austen
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.Jane Austen
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.Jane Austen
