When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.
Jane Austenthe Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.
Jane AustenWith men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.
Jane AustenTo sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Jane Austen