Quotes

"If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte "There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of another's soul in one hour than it might take you a lifetime to discover, if he or she were not disposed to reveal it, or if you had not the sense to understand it." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte "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." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte "If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte "A young lady can't be too careful who she marries." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known. ~ A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers. ~ A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of youthful looks, depend upon it. ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens The ashes of the commonest fire are melancholy things, for in them there is an image of death and ruin,—of something that has been bright, and is but dull, cold, dreary dust. ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens "All good ends can be worked out by good means. Those that cannot, are bad; and may be counted so at once, and left alone." ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens