How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.
Jane AustenI lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.
Jane AustenNobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Jane Austen