What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
This is a clean push toward timely goodness. It works in any life: apologies, thanks, help—do them now. In the story, it counters delay and polite excuses. The absolute phrasing gives it motto strength; it sounds like something you’d put over a desk. Austen often turns ethics into elegant sentences, and this is one of them. The line links intention to action with no wiggle room. It’s gentle urgency you can live by.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
This is a clean push toward timely goodness. It works in any life: apologies, thanks, help—do them now. In the story, it counters delay and polite excuses. The absolute phrasing gives it motto strength; it sounds like something you’d put over a desk. Austen often turns ethics into elegant sentences, and this is one of them. The line links intention to action with no wiggle room. It’s gentle urgency you can live by.