I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart.

Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.

But what world says that [I'm wicked]? It can only be the next world. This world and I are on excellent terms.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world's tongue.

Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.

Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.