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.

No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.

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

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

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

That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt.

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.