It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.

He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

My life-my whole life- take it, and do with it what you will. I love you-love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly,madly! You didn't know it then-you know it now.

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.

I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.