Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.
Ann RadcliffeVirtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.
Ann RadcliffeWhen justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.
Ann RadcliffeWhat has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?
Ann RadcliffeA well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.
Ann Radcliffe