Ann Radcliffe

“A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice.”

“The passions, the affections, the virtues, the vices, are all the children of one family, and their genealogy is easily traced.”

“The gloomy grandeur of the mountains, the roar of the torrents, and the vastness of the lakes, all conspired to impress the mind with awe.”