Friendship is the bread of the heart.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.

Like many people, I feel like celebrating. Remember this feeling. It is human, and can help us understand when others express bloodlust.

Rereading, we find a new book

No child should have to see all that I have seen

The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency.

Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove.

Audacity, audacity, always audacity.

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

The way
 that people dress makes them part of an army, dressed in their own uniform,
 determined to do something

History belongs to the intercessors