Jane Austen

"I have never yet found that the advice of a sister could prevent a young man's being in love if he chose it."
- Lady Susan

"Miss Blachford is married, but I have never seen it in the Papers. And one may as well be single if the Wedding is not to be in print."
- March 1815, Letter to her niece Anna Lefroy
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I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
- Pride and Prejudice

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.
- Henry, Mansfield Park

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
- Mrs. Norris, Mansfield Park

"I suppose there may be a hundred different ways of being in love."
-Emma

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
- Emma

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.
- Pride and Prejudice