I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
There is no existence so content as that whose present is engrossed by employment, and whose future is filled by some strong… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears? — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.[to feel unhappy you need the time to consider how your lot could be… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness? — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for life is never so low or so little as when occupied with… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
There is no existence so content as that whose present is engrossed by employment, and whose future is filled by some strong hope, the… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Toil is the portion of day, as sleep is that of night; but if there be one hour of the twenty-four which has the… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
