Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:
“Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a
dead child, some weeks before she was expected, owing to a
fright. I suppose that she happened unawares to look at her
husband.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“Govern a small family as you would cook a small fish, very gently.”
—(20th century)