We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.
Letitia Elizabeth LandonWhatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.
Letitia Elizabeth Landonto the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.
Letitia Elizabeth LandonStrange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon