It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.
The only proper intoxication is conversation.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far.