A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

Souvenirs are perishable; fortunately, memories are not

Souvenirs are perishable; fortunately, memories are not

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about...

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about...

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine