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.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.

Beware of creating tedium!

One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.

If we wish ourselves to be high, we should treat that which is over us as high.

I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.