I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.
Letitia Elizabeth Landonthe blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.
Letitia Elizabeth LandonEvery other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only as thousands will do after us; but the actor - his memory is with his generation, and that passes away.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon