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 His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.

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

There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.