„I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.“

— Jane Austen

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„We ought not to consider the opinions of those sects as naïve as they appear from the rationalist point of view.“
— Hermann Hesse
„Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.“
— Jane Austen
„The General has got the gout, and Mrs. Maitland the jaundice. Miss Debary, Susan, and Sally, all in black, but without any stature, made their appearance, and I was as civil to them as their bad breath would allow me.“
— Jane Austen