Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.

It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

Only the insane take themselves seriously.