the beginning of my history is - love. It is the beginning of every man and every woman's history, if they are only frank enough to admit it.

Pleasure for others is the only pleasure possible to me. I assure you I'm quite selfish! - I'm greedy for the happiness of those I love - and if they can't or won't be happy I'm perfectly miserable.

When one loves God better than the Church is one called a heretic?

A fine morning's killing, ay! All their necks wrung - all dead birds! Once they could fly - fly and swim! Fly and swim! All dead now - and sold cheap in the open market!

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

I attribute my good fortune to the simple fact that I have always tried to write straight from my own heart to the hearts of others.

How foolish it would be if women did not obey men. The world would be all confusion!