Don't waste hate on pink geranium.

All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.

"Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it".

Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?

Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in personal adornment, and those who find comfort in food.

There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance