Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done. He had imagined himself indifferent, when he had only been angry; and he had been unjust to her merits, because he had been a sufferer from them.
Jane AustenAnne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
Jane AustenSingle women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
Jane Austen