There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
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.
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
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.
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.
All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
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.
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
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.
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.
And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.
Life and hope must cease together.
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.
Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
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