Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.

One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.

Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics.