1794-1860, British Essayist
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
Anna Jameson – [Generosity]


Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.
Anna Jameson – [Children]


In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
Anna Jameson – [Fear]