I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

- Ouida

There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.

- Ouida

Flowers belong to Fairyland: the flowers and the birds and the butterflies are all that the world has kept of its golden age--the only perfectly beau…

- Ouida

We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe.

- Ouida

It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.

- Ouida

Why is youth so short and age so long?

- Ouida

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

- Ouida

age is nothing but death that is conscious.

- Ouida

Petty laws breed great crimes.

- Ouida