"There is no reason in the world..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

“When money is once parted with, it can never return.”

“A friend, therefore, is a sort of paradox in nature. I who alone am, I who see nothing in nature whose existence I can affirm with equal evidence to my own, behold now the semblance of my being, in all its height, variety, and curiosity, reiterated in a foreign form; so that a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”

“We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.”

“It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.”

“Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force.”

“Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!”

“Now must we sing and sing the best we can,But first you must be told your character:Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain.”