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It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth. — Jane Porter

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. — Jane Porter

We never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them. — Jane Porter

ABOUT THE AUTHOR JANE PORTER — Jane Porter

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart. — Jane Porter

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber. — Jane Porter

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon. — Jane Porter

Compulsion hardly restores right; love yields all things. — Jane Porter

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions. — Jane Porter

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them ... — Jane Porter

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. — Jane Porter

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles ... — Jane Porter

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity. — Jane Porter

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. — Jane Porter

Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous. — Jane Porter

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes. — Jane Porter

In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother. — Jane Porter

Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe. — Jane Porter

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate. — Jane Porter

However you disguise slavery, it is slavery still. Its chains, though wreathed with roses, not only fasten on the body but rivet on the mind. — Jane Porter

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared. — Jane Porter

How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity. — Jane Porter

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle. — Jane Porter

All warfare that is not defensive is criminal. — Jane Porter

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate. — Jane Porter

Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end. — Jane Porter

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices. — Jane Porter

When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs. — Jane Porter

Love is full of imagination. — Jane Porter

Makin, my friend, I thought you were just seeing her safely home."
"I was."
"What happened?"
"I couldn't let her go. — Jane Porter