When I sit down to write a novel I do not at all know, and I do not very much care, how it is to end.

When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

I think I owe my life to cork soles.

I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.