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.

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.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

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.

Some people make a difference, some people make you different.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

I'm very awkward when I have time off. I don't know what to do with myself. It's weird not to work.

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.

Come to me and show me a small cancer and I'll tell you you've got a small cancer that should be cut out. That's realism but in America it's called cynicism.

I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

It is a reality. People are being victimized or are being targeted to be victims each and every day.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.

For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.