I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times afraid to wish a thing merely lest my fortune should take that occasion to use me ill. — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times afraid to… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
“But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.” — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied, as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
