I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw... - Charlotte Bronte

"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed."

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."

"I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me."