Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.

If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.