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 RadcliffeThe world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.
Ann RadcliffeHow despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!
Ann RadcliffeIgnorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.
Ann Radcliffe