Frances Burney

"To be loved is all I hope, but to be understood would be the delight of my life."

"How do you know you're in love? When you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

"I am not fond of the idea that every woman must marry to be respectable."

"Travelling is the ruin of all happiness!"

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."

"The world has always laughed at its own follies; why should not I?"

"Nothing is so delightful as to give pleasure to others."

"I have formed a very high opinion of the understanding of the world in general."

"The danger of the present age is apathy and indifference."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"There is nothing so animating as to hope for success."

"A woman situate in the married state requires every possible comfort and protection."

"The pen is a wonderful instrument for expressing the soul."

"I have never known a woman who read much to be unhappy."

"To speak truth requires courage, not cleverness."

"The greatest happiness consists in innocence and virtue."

"In this world, we must help one another, or we help nothing."

"Beware of the passions—they are the true tyrants of the soul."

"Art is the expression of what cannot be spoken."

"To create is to live eternally."

"Time is the great teacher; would that we were better scholars."

"The heart has its own logic that reason knows nothing of."

"All change is not progress, but all progress requires change."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"I write only to please myself, yet I hope to please others."

"The measure of true character is how one behaves in adversity."

"Nature is the best teacher of truth."

"To be patient is to be powerful."

"The greatest freedom is to be oneself without apology."

"Money is the root of much good when properly used."