I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing.

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

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

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

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

I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing.

I have discovered that our great favourite, Miss Austen, is my countrywoman...with whom mamma before her marriage was acquainted. Mamma says that she was then the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembers...