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- What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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