I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.

One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.