Vanity’s Mischief

I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice

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 – Pride and Prejudice

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice

I cannot imagine that it could be any where pleasant to a female, than in the society of one of her own sex, who had been educated sufficiently to feel the value of a superior woman.

Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice