A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.

What the Church should be telling him [the carpenter] is this: that the very first demand that his religion makes upon him is that he should make good tables.

If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

The Devil is a spiritual lunatic, but, like many lunatics, he is extremely plausible and cunning.

She reflected she must be completely besotted about Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra.