Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives And Daughters Quotes
There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.
I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.
Your husband this morning! Mine tonight! What do you take him for?''A man' smiled Cynthia. 'And therefore, if you won't let me call him changeable, I'll coin a word and call him consolable.
How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.
