Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.