There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

If only-if only, Hastings, you would part your hair in the middle instead of at the side! What a difference it would make to the symmetry of your appearance. And your moustache. If you must have a moustache, let it be a real moustache-a thing of beauty such as mine.

What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn't be so busy looking for it in other people's.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.