Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose,—a

My life might have been passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.

I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing.

What a beautiful phrase.

I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there will be none to participate my joy; if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.

Sad