All Joanna Baillie Quotes
- He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen churl. Blood
- The bliss even of a moment still is bliss. Bliss
- A willing heart adds feather to the heel. Add
- To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly… Banished
- Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note Soft moves the dipping oar. Boat
- Heaven often smites in mercy, even when the blow is severest. Blow
- Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride. Better
- I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments! Accomplishment
- I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting,… Absurd
- Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?… Along
- O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? All
- The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust. Chamber
- The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak. Battle
- But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is. Grief
- Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. Affection
- Busy work brings after ease; Ease brings sport and sport brings rest; For young and old, of all degrees, The mingled lot is best. All
- The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And… Brave