Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

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

Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.

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