The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

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...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

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...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

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...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

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...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

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 feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

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

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

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

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...

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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.