💬 Quotes

"Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been given them in much greater measure; the pen has been in their hands."

"We all know the propensity to go down hill in the world, when once we begin such an descent."

"I should like to know whether you could charge yourself with having ever been altered, except in pain, since November, 1814."

"My idea of good company... is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."

"The river with its dark, cool banks, and the sound of lapping water, and the white stars overhead, is a restful place after a day of toil and trouble."

"How good is man's life, here in the world! and how soon it is over!"

"We are but the playthings of the wind and the weather—especially the weather."

"A man who wants to get the best out of a camping trip should always take a tin opener. If he doesn't, he should take a strong man who has a sense of humor."

"Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs."

"I have been told that in Hell there is no other punishment left than that of being sensible of the loss of good things; I am sure it is so here."

"Poverty is the worst of evils, it subjects us to so many mortifications, it is the cause of so much misery, that it is scarce possible for us to keep our virtue."

"It is a sad thing that a young woman should be left friendless and exposed to the worst of snares when she has no fortune to recommend her."

"I had been trick'd once by that cheat call'd love, but the game was over; I was resolved now to be more mercenary."

"Custom, which is the principal magistrate of man's life, can do anything: and yet I was not so harden'd but that I had some remorse."

"Let none conclude, because their first step has been a false one, that they are therefore lost and undone forever."

"Cleanliness is the very foundation of domestic comfort; without it, no home can be truly happy, and no household can prosper."

"Early rising is not only conducive to health, but it is the secret of accomplishing the numerous duties of the day without confusion or hurry."

"A faithful servant will ever regard the property of her employers with the same care, and even greater jealousy, than her own."

"A gentle tone and a civil demeanor cost nothing, yet they possess a marvelous power in smoothing the rough paths of daily labor."