abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into our chosen realms of pleasure, they jar upon our sensibilities, they lessen our meager share of comforts, they are everywhere in our way, they are always an unnecessary feature in the landscape.
Agnes RepplierTo be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
Agnes RepplierThe English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.
Agnes RepplierThe gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy is crime. There is no more than we need; there is barely enough to go round.
Agnes Repplier