Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.
Hannah MoreIf I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.
Hannah MoreIf a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.
Hannah MoreThe education of the present race of females is not very favorable to domestic happiness. For my own part, I call education, not that which smothers a woman with accomplishments, but that which tends to consolidate a firm and regular system of character; that which tends to form a friend, a companion, and a wife.
Hannah More