The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done — Maria Edgeworth
Fortune’s wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. — Maria Edgeworth
Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. — Maria Edgeworth
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget. — Maria Edgeworth
There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when — Maria Edgeworth