Mathilde Weiss-Maurin

“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall too much of what it has to bestow upon those who demand of it necessary, serious, and great things.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910

“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

"You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners,”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing