Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Jane Austen

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

Let us have the luxury of silence.

Let us have the luxury of silence.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.