"We are each of an unsocial, taciturn..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.”

“He listened to her with silent attention, and on her ceasing to speak, rose directly from his seat, and after saying in a voice of emotion, 'To your sister I wish all imaginable happiness; to Willoughby, that he may endeavor to deserve her,' took leave, and went away.”

“Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible.”

“Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.”

“A strenuous soul hates cheap success.”

“Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else.”

“All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.”

“The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony.”

“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.”