Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you;

“It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.”

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.

can only see those minute defects, and are blind to the full brightness of the orb.

my organ of veneration expanding at every sounding line.

And now vegetation matured with vigour; Lowood shook loose its tresses; it became all green, all flowery; its great elm, ash, and oak skeletons were restored to majestic life; woodland plants sprang up profusely in its recesses; unnumbered varieties of moss filled its hollows, and it made a strange ground-sunshine out of the wealth of its wild primrose plants:

Beautifully written- describing changes in nature

The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it;

it is a pity that doing one’s best does not always answer.

you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion,

Listen without judging

with your gravity, considerateness, and caution were made to be the recipient of secrets.

‘all is not gold that glitters;’

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.