English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.

We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

An appreciation of words is so rare that everybody naturally thinks he possesses it, and this universal sentiment results in the misuse of a material whose beauty enriches the loving student beyond the dreams of avarice.

The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.

It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.