"What is life? A dream within a dream."

"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off."

"I have a great passion for horses, and I think they are much better than men."

"If people are to live, why die? And are our carcasses worth raising? I hope, if mine is, I shall have a better pair of legs than I have moved on these two-and-twenty years, or I shall be sadly behind …"

"A woman's reputation is like a mirror, which a single breath can tarnish."