"My sore throats are always worse than..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.”

“One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.”

“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.”

“I have been doing leg lifts faithfully for about fifteen years, and the only thing that has gotten thinner is the carpet where I have been doing the leg lifts.”

“I have no more campaigns to run... I know because I won both of them.”

“I go to bed early; my favorite dream comes on at nine.”

“For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject. But the reason for my disinterestedness was even more discreet: I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself... Once my solitude was thoroughly proved, I could surrender to the charms of a virile self-pity.”

“He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.”

“I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'”