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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen
Family, Happiness, Stay Strong
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.381, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

Jane Austen
Love, Happiness, Heart
"Fictional character: Edward Ferrars". "Sense and Sensibility", www.imdb.com. 1995.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Jane Austen
Happiness, Inspiring, Happy
1813 Pride and Prejudice, ch.6.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Jane Austen
Happiness, Deserve

[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

Jane Austen
Happiness, Wells
Jane Austen (2012). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion”, p.472, Modern Library

But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.

Jane Austen
Friendship, Happiness, Being Happy
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.28, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Jane Austen
Happiness, Inspiring, Happy
'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 22

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

Jane Austen
Happiness, People, Justice
Blaine Josten, Jane Austen (2015). “Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)”, p.243, BookBaby

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Jane Austen
Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring
Emma ch. 30 (1816)

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"

Jane Austen
Happiness, Heart, Giving

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Jane Austen
Life, Happiness, Being Yourself
Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.368

I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be for, and that we often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving readi-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured.

Jane Austen
Happiness, Giving, World

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