21 Of The Wisest Things Jane Austen Ever Said — buzzfeed.com

1. “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” –Sense and Sensibility 2. “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” –Mansfield Park 4. “There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.” –Emma 5. “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” –Pride and Prejudice

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