Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless resolution; and he rejects the providence of that All-Gracious Being who guides and rules the universe. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“God forgive her, but underneath the smiles and the good job and the great family, she was tired. Desperately tired. Tired to the point… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
