Elizabeth Gaskell

Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#her #hit #i #i think #madam

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#helps #life #little #smoothly #through

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#folly #foolish #likes #people #sometimes

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly! ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#comes #easy #evil #how #judge

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man! ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#different thing #girl #man #second #stepmother