“There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.”

“Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.”

“sensation more complex than had ever before found itself consistent with sanity. ”

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”

“I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.”

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”

“She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities.”