Charlotte Charke
The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters.Collection: Character
But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.Collection: Friendship
Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny.Collection: Power
I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most strongly resident, so that I begin to imagine one half of the world don't understand the real etymology of the word.Collection: Gratitude
my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.Collection: Marriage