“Gratitude and Vanity are the nurses that rock the cradle of Love.”

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1832, "Rebecca"

About Letitia Elizabeth Landon

1802 – 1838

English poet and novelist, who wrote as "L.E.L."

“No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.”

“Methinks adieu / Is cold, when uttered with aught else but tears.”

“Yes ; look thro' the world, and this truth you will find / That, once out of sight, you are soon out of mind.”

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”

“You who have any who love you, cling to them, and thank God.”

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”

“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”