It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside; and that it links the Londons of all periods together most magically - by remaining forever unchanged at the heart of a ever-changing town.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.

Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!

I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.

People's clothes ought to be buried with them.