One has so much time for thought in the country! However occupied one may be, 'tis with nothing that engrosses the mind, which works away on its own account like a mill-wheel.
Eugenie de GuerinCertainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters.
Eugenie de GuerinWe all owe each other concessions of taste and opinion for the sake of family peace and affection.
Eugenie de GuerinOh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character; 'tis the balm of life, and perhaps in the world it is believed to consist of bitterness, harshness, uncouthness; but, take my word for it, nothing is more gentle, more yielding, more loving than a pious soul.
Eugenie de Guerin