There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.
There is always a but in this imperfect world.
All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation
The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.
To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.
No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be, written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.
You will form a very inadequate estimate of a man's character, if you judge by what a fond sister says of him. The worst of them generally know how to hide their misdeeds from their sisters' eyes, and their mother's, too.
Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.
I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.
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