Jane Austen Quotes
English novelist whose Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility blend romance with razor-sharp social wit. Austen's observations on love and manners have never gone out of fashion. Below are 16 of the most loved Jane Austen quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
To love is to burn, to be on fire.
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
What are men to rocks and mountains?
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
We are all fools in love.
The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience — or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.
Vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride — where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.