"Later, they were both part of the metropolitan elite, or, as we used to call them, "Londoners"."

"[In the late 1990s] But the conversations we had then were whether or not it was feminist to wear fishnets. There was…"

"[M]y experience of an all-girls' school, followed by twice as long as a trustee of a prison charity, informed a lot o…"

"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…"

"Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the v…"