When my self is not with you, it is nowhere. Heloise More Quotes by Heloise More Quotes From Heloise The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of the marriage tie, is of significance to an ideal relationship. Heloise wife ties names If a picture, which is but a mute representation of an object, can give such pleasure, what cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions, they can raise them as much as if the persons themselves were present; they have all the tenderness and the delicacy of speech, and sometimes a boldness of expression even beyond it. Heloise passion fire heart We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity. Heloise hatred-and-love hatred long Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. Heloise riches merit fate it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime. Heloise intention crime deeds What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart. Heloise soul heart inspire I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude. Heloise generosity gratitude guilt Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing. Heloise satisfaction loss writing The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest. Heloise overwhelmed grief heart Frozen peas can be shelled very fast with a wringer-type washer. Put a pan on one side of the wringer to catch the peas and the pods go on through. You will think peas will go through the wringer and be mashed the moment the pod hits the wringer, but they will pop out before they go through. A very fast job can be done this way. Heloise sides jobs thinking Ever tried putting a caramel candy in a cup of hot tea? It's excellent! Not only does it give a little different taste to the tea, but it takes the place of the sugar and cream which you ordinarily add. Heloise taste tea giving Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity of a turkey when roasting it. Someone wrote me that 'the turkey tasted great, but the plastic cup melted. Heloise liquid turkeys cups Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious! Heloise fear might love-is Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous. Heloise virtuous prosperity sides If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by a false and empty consolation, how much more pleasant are letters which bring us the written characters of the absent friend. Heloise regret character memories the higher the step of advancement, the heavier is the fall. Heloise advancement failure fall Tea seems to tenderize cheap cuts of beef. After cooking chuck, boiling beef and brisket (I even mixed rib eye, which is ever so cheap, and it's great) I have decided that the tannic acid in the tea is what tenderizes beef! Heloise cutting cooking eye
