The Trouble With Most Englishwomen Is That

The Reason Why Matthew Arnold, To My Feeling, Fails Entirely As A Poet (though No Doubt His Ideas Were Good - At Least, I Am Told They Were) Is That He Had No Sense Of Touch Whatsoever. Nothing Made Any Impression On His Skin. He Could Feel Neither The Shape Nor The Texture Of A Poem With His Hands.

The Poet Is The Complete Lover Of Mankind.

By The Time I Was Eleven Years Old, I Had Been Taught That Nature, Far From Abhorring A Vacuum, Positively Adores It.

A Great Many People Now Reading And Writing Would Be Better Employed Keeping Rabbits.

I Have Often Wished I Had Time To Cultivate Modesty... But I Am Too Busy Thinking About Myself.