Frances Burney

"The world will never be long without some fellow of activity who is content to take things as they come."

"One of the greatest pleasures of reading is that it enables us to learn something new."

"We should always avoid what is disagreeable without avoiding what is necessary."

"The blush is the colour of virtue."

"What is a man if he is not a friend to the creatures around him?"

"Confidence is a plant of slow growth, especially in an adult breast."

"The best of friends must part."

"To govern and to educate are two branches of the same root."

"Expect a thousand things to go wrong and you will be agreeably surprised."

"It is easy to write with enthusiasm when you have a fair subject."

"The more we are known, the less we are known."

"Solitude is the best remedy."

"Nothing that is worth doing is easy."

"The heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions."

"An ounce of resolution is worth a pound of gold."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"We live in an age of invention."

"Memory is the nurse of all good thoughts."

"To act without judgment is madness; to judge without action is cowardice."

"The greatest evil is to despair."

"There is nothing so contagious as enthusiasm."

"Art is the imitation of nature."

"The most cherished possession of man is his freedom."

"Every hour has its duties."

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions."

"Music is the language of the angels."

"Truth is always more valuable than fiction."

"To be forgotten is to be forgiven."

"The greatest wealth is health."