"My Emma, does not every thing serve..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.”

“Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.”

“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.”

“The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.”

“Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.”

“What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.”

“Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.”

“I know of no redeeming qualities in myself but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I fall back on to this ground.”

“I often accuse my finest acquaintances of an immense frivolity; for, while there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we donot teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual; however, for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.”