“My sermon on the meaning of the manna in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any occasion, joyful, or, as in the present case, distressing. [All sigh.] I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days.”

“The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.”

“I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.”

“You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas”

“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.”

“I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.”

“My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality. ”