It's her general air of being some one in particular that strikes me. Who is this rare creature, and what is she? Where did you find her, and how did you make her acquaintance?

She has a sort of old-fashioned character that's passing away — a vivid identity.

She's beautiful, but I don't say she's easy to know.""Ah, she's a thousand and one things!

She sought to be eloquent in her garments, and to make up for her diffidence of speech by a fine frankness of costume

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

Don't try so much to form your character - it's like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.

She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.