For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you. Don't say surgaries, or I'm done.

What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!

For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery

And besides, look at elder flowers and bluebells-they are a sign that pure creation takes place - even the butterfly. But humanity never gets beyond the caterpillar stage -it rots in the chrysalis, it never will have wings.It is anti-creation, like monkeys and baboons.

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.