Quotes by Joanna Baillie

“A willing heart adds feather to the heel.”

“O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you And write by inward magic charm'd And high enthusiasm warm'd?”

“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 another's heels Till hours days years and ages are made up Of such small parts as these and men look back Worn and bewilder'd 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 e'en of a moment still is bliss.”

“Words of affection howsoe'er expressed The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.”

“O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you And write by inward magic charm'd And high enthusiasm warm'd?”

“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 another's heels Till hours days years and ages are made up Of such small parts as these and men look back Worn and bewilder'd 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!”

“Words of affection howsoe'er expressed The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.”

“Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.”

“Think'st thou there are no serpents in the worldBut those who slide along the grassy sod,And sting the luckless foot that presses them?There are who in the path of social lifeDo bask their spotted ...”

“A willing heart adds feather to the heel,And makes the clown a winged Mercury.”

“Sweet sleep be with us, one and all!And if upon its stillness fallThe visions of a busy brain,We'll have our pleasure o'er again,To warm the heart, to charm the sight,Gay dreams to all! good night,...”

“Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore,And to the fisher's chorus-note, Soft moves the dipping oar!”

“The tyrant nowTrusts not to men: nightly within his chamberThe watch-dog guards his couch, the only friendHe now dare trust.”