I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
Anne BronteI see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.
Anne BronteOh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
Anne BronteMy heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.
Anne BronteTo regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals.
Anne Bronte