Anne Bronte

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other. ”

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. ”

Adoration isn't love. ”

It seems as if life and hope must cease together. ”

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. ”

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame. ”

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. ”

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear. ”

She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else. ”

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. ”