Art is sexless; - good work is eternal, no matter whether it is man or woman who has accomplished it. ... Ah, but the world will never own woman's work to be great even if it be so, because men give the verdict, and man's praise is for himself and his own achievements always.

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

It is not so difficult to win love as to keep it!

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

Hate is a grand, a strong quality! It makes nations, it builds up creeds! If men loved one another what should they need of a Church?

Fame, or notoriety, whichever that special noise may be called when the world like a hound 'gives tongue' and announces that the quarry in some form of genius is at bay, is apt to increase its clamor in proportion to the aloofness of the pursued animal.

What a fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.