Frances Burney

"Hope is the best possession."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"All improvement in our circumstances must begin within our hearts."

"The most happy marriage I can picture would be the union of a deaf man and a blind woman."

"To be perfectly happy it is necessary to be perfectly true."

"There is nothing so little known as life, nothing so little understood as death."

"The mind will always govern the body."

"Every female heart must acknowledge an indebtedness to him."

"I must tell you frankly that nothing can be asked without its corresponding duty."

"Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meditate without serious injury to his intellect."

"The imagination should be disciplined but never suppressed."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"History is our guide and our warning."

"The writing of memoirs is something a man cannot undertake without a kind of impiety."

"Freedom is the first good; acquaintance with our own ignorance the second."

"Patience is the virtue of the noble."

"The happiness of people consists in the multiplicity of their enjoyments."

"I can never write to order or at command."

"The power of a woman lies in her ability to understand men."

"Adversity is the test of character."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"There is no substitute for genuine thoughtfulness."

"The greatest happiness is to serve others."

"Dreams are the poetry of sleep."

"Let us not be too hasty in condemning what we do not understand."

"The finest education comes from experience."

"Sincerity is the most powerful weapon."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened by it."

"The mind's greatest need is truth."

"Peace is not found in nature alone but in the depths of the heart."