Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

If you want something done right, do it yourself. read more

• Thought Want Something Done Right Do

An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean! read more

• Thought Ocean Which Thinks Nothing Learn from Lake Wise

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. read more

• Thought Behind Every Successful Man Woman Wife

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. read more

• Thought Biggest Problem Every Art by Use Appearance Create Loftier Reality

The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective. read more

• Thought Sail Play Its Pulse Like Our Own Lives Thin Yet Full Life Noiseless Labors Hardest Noisy Impatient Least Effective

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. read more

• Thought Truth Universally Acknowledged Single Man Possession Good Fortune Want Wife

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. read more

• Thought Every Man Surrounded by Neighborhood Voluntary Spies

To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. read more

• Thought Yield Readily Easily Persuasion Friend Merit Without Conviction Compliment Understanding Either

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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. read more

• Thought Friendship Certainly Finest Balm for Pangs Disappointed Love

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much read more

• Thought More World Convinced See Man Whom Really Love Require Much

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