"sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in but what was worn and hackneyed out of all sense and meaning"
- Jane Austen
"Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge"
"Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy"
"Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion…"
"What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?"
"There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit."
"This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret."
"...it is indeed a street of so impertinent a nature, so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads, and the principal inn of the city, that a day never passes in which parties of l..."
"He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long."
"It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant."