General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
Jane Austen
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Jane Austen
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) An English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.