Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

Well, great authors are great people - but I believe that they are best seen at a distance.

I detest so much ... those persons, who insist upon telling you everything - who labor every point, as the lawyers say, as if they thought all excellence consisted in length.

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

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.