"I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly."

"I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons—but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill…"

"I don’t think I am green. It’s true I only know what I’ve read in books, but I’ve read a great many books."

"The Regency period is peculiarly Miss Heyer's own, and The Grand Sophy is one of her very best. No one is more adept …"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."

"A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense."

"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to…"

"Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them."

"He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not fo…"