My 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 Austen

 Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
Jane Austen

 There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane Austen

 I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.
Jane Austen, Sense and sensibility

 I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
Jane Austen

 My good opinion, once lost is lost forever.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

 I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.
Jane Austen, Emma

 Laugh as much as you choose , but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

 Ah, there is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
Jane Austen

 but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
Jane Austen