The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion

The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.

A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.

I think I owe my life to cork soles.

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

It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.