Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something.

As you say, I am honoured and famous and rich. But as I have to do all the hard work, and suffer an increasing multitude of fools gladly, it does not feel any better than being reviled, infamous and poor, as I used to be.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.

Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.