Quotes by Joanna Baillie

“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 bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from”

“He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for others good, is a poor, frozen churl”

“Sweet sleep be with us, one and all!/ And if upon its stillness fall/ The visions of a busy brain,/ Well have our pleasure oer again,/ To warm the heart, to charm the sight,/ Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.”

“This will be triumph! this will be happiness! yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life, and have never yet overtaken.”

“O! who shall lightly say that fame/ is nothing but an empty name?”

“What custom hath endeared We part with sadly, though we prize it not”

“He was not all a fathers heart could wish;/ But oh, he was my son! my only son.”

“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, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!”

“I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!”

“Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.”

O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you And write by inward magic charmd And high enthusiasm warmd?

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

This will be triumph! This will be happiness! Yea that very thing happiness which I have been pursuing all my life and have never yet overtaken.

Still on it creeps Each little moment at anothers heels Till hours days years and ages are made up Of such small parts as these and men look back Worn and bewilderd wondering how it is.

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 barely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods and know nothing about accomplishments!

The bliss een of a moment still is bliss.

Words of affection howsoeer expressed The latest spoken still are deemd the best.