The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.

Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

The lure of the past came up to grab me. To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic. The carefulness of lifting pots and objects from the soil filled me with a longing to be an archaeologist myself.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.

how tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.