“ Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy. Fanny Burney
“ There was an exceeding good concert, but too much talking to hear it well. Indeed I am quite astonished to find how little music is attended to in silence; for, though every body seems to admire, hard… Fanny Burney
“ Imagination took the reins and Reason slow-paced though surefooted was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion. Fanny Burney
“ Young, animated, entirely off your guard, and thoughtless of consequences, Imagination took the reins; and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to the race of so eccentric and flighty a… Fanny Burney
“ But alas, my dear child, we are the slaves of custom, the dupes of prejudice, and dare not stem the torrent of the opposing world, even though our judgments condemn our compliance! However, since the… Fanny Burney
“ Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. Fanny Burney
“ You could not see and know her, and remain unmoved by those sensations of affection which belong to so near and tender a relationship. Fanny Burney
