I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will not be till we are too old to care about it. - Jane Austen

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.

It was in this reign that Joan of Arc reigned and made such a row among the English.

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.