Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.

Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.

Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.

envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.

People were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed.