Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false
It's well to have such a comfortable assurance regarding the worth of those we love. I only wish you may not find your confidence misplaced.
At your time of life, it's love that rules the roast: at mine, it's solid, serviceable gold.
A burst of passion is a fine rousing thing upon occasion, Helen, and a flood of tears is marvellously affecting, but, when indulged too often, they are both deuced plaguy things for spoiling one's beauty and tiring out one's friends.
Though she leads a retired and contemplative life, she is apt to get low-spirited if left too much alone.
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.
But to tell you the truth, Mr. Boarham, it is on my own account I principally object; so let us - drop the subject, for it is worse than useless to pursue it any further
If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices.
Adoration isn't love. I adore Annabella, but I don't love her; and I love thee, Milicent, but I don't adore thee.
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
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.
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