"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know,..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.”

“A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.”

“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.”

“Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.”

“A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.”

“The scholar was not raised by the sacred thoughts amongst which he dwelt, but used them to selfish ends. He was a profane person,and became a showman, turning his gifts to marketable use, and not to his own sustenance and growth. It was found that the intellect could be independently developed, that is, in separation from the man, as any single organ can be invigorated, and the result was monstrous.”

“What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.”

“I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.”

“Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning; enemy, never.”