Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness.
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.
Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story.
The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.