“I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense… — Jane Austen

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and… — Jane Austen