Sarah Fielding

“Learning is a private thing, that must be found out by ourselves.”

“The first Thing to be attended to in the framing of any System of Education is the forming of the Heart to the Love of Virtue.”

“Passion... is a Flame that burns with destructive Rage.”

“True politeness is the art of making every one happy about you.”

“Vanity is the foundation of the most ridiculous and contemptible vices.”

“Good-nature is the very air of a good mind.”

“A great genius must have a great and strong imagination.”

“How often, from the most promising beginnings, have we seen the most unfortunate events!”

“Envy, like a cold poison, benumbs and stupefies.”

“To be a friend to the deserving, and a benefactor to the distressed.”

“The human mind is a garden, which is fruitful in the inverse proportion to the quantity of rubbish laid upon it.”