Quotes by Anna Barbauld

• But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
• The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
• The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.
• We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
• When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!