Mary Elizabeth Braddon Quotes

The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.

There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick you over... So the trick is finding out how to maintain your balance when you're in situations with the people who make you happy and when you're not.

In love and friendship the imagination is as much exercised as the heart; and if either is outraged the other will be estranged. It is commonly the imagination which is wounded first, rather than the heart,--it is so much the more sensitive.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.

Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

When does she do all this thinking? We're together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We've been married 48 years.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.

We love each other, that’s true whatever it means, but we aren’t good at it; for some it’s a talent, for others only an addiction.

Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary.

The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.

To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.

Marriage is a sort of poetical see-saw.

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future. I questioned a lot about my relationship with your father. People make spontaneous decisions based off of their hearts all the time. There's so much more to relationships than just love.

Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled; the law of harmony must be observed in all that one does. If there is anything that will bring satisfaction it is diving deep into Love, and then we shall realize that there is nothing which is not just; we shall never again say that anything is unjust. This is the point the wise reach, and they call it the culmination of wisdom.

My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.

Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.

Never give your heart to a blockhead.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.