Jane Austen

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

 Jane Austen, in  Wealth and Poverty

A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

 Jane Austen, in  Men and Women

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

 Jane Austen, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

 Jane Austen, in  Men and Women