The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
Jane AustenMy idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
Jane AustenAnne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
Jane Austen