A small brass padlock inside a gold-rimmed teacup and saucer against a dusty rose background. — Original artwork

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Jane Austen

Two paper cups connected by a straight string rest on separate small wooden stools. — Original artwork

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

Jane Austen

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Jane Austen