There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to — Charlotte Bronte
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; — Charlotte Bronte
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within — Charlotte Bronte
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte
If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: nature did it. — Charlotte Bronte
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. — Charlotte Bronte
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you — Charlotte Bronte
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action — Charlotte Bronte
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. — Charlotte Bronte