Hannah Webster Foster Professions : Novelist Born : September 10, 1758 Died : April 17, 1840 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Hannah Webster Foster It is by surmounting difficulties, not by sinking under them that we discover our fortitude. Hannah Webster Foster fortitude sinking difficulty Marriage is the tomb of friendship. Hannah Webster Foster tombs An unusual sensation possesses my breast - a sensation which I once thought could never pervade it on any occasion whatever. It is pleasure, pleasure, my dear Lucy, on leaving my paternal roof. Hannah Webster Foster women leaving home Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors