17 Quotes by Frances Burney

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Believe me, my beloved child, my heart aches for your suffering, while it dictates its necessity.

Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow.