“This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into our wounded bosoms the soothing balm of vengeance.”
“when the thrill of his body fades or changes, and the difficulties of pledging yourself to only one person surface, kindness will be the balm that soothes the wounds of life.”
“There is a tide in the affairs of menWhich, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows and in miseries.On such a full sea are we now afloat;And we must take the current when it serves,Or lose our ventures.”
“Friends are the balm that soothes the heart. – Nanny Tasha (former nanny to Felicity and Tally Langley)”
“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”
“The power of what we say is not determined by the duration of our talk but by its content. The more the mouth chatters, the further the mind scatters.”