She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.

Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age.

I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.